Matt wrote:
>> Linux is cool and all, but man can installing software be a
nightmare. <<
I couldn't agree more. I have had similar sad sagas more times than I
care to recall. For example, I tried to install the latest Gnucash,
which I've heard has many improvements over the version that came with
my Mandrake 8. When I tried to install the rpm package, I got a HUGE
list of dependencies I'd need. There was no way I was going to try to
find them, install them keeping my fingers crossed that something else
wouldn't break in the process, and see if the silly thing would work.
Especially since I don't even know if I'd like Gnucash. I *must* have an
easy-to-use checkbook manager on my system, and my trial of the Gnucash
that came with the distro was not exactly a roaring success. It made a
mess of its import of my Quicken data, which is Requirement No. 1 for
any checkbook manager I might consider.
I hope "they" get their act together on package installations. It's got
to work better than it does now.
--Judy Miner
