Hi, --- Gurudatta Raut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used it. TO my shock it gave message that it > required 4 more packages.
You are to use the package installers for your distro which will take care of dependencies. > I was installing FireFox, Its a shame that now I am > using Firefox on WindowsXP, which got installed in a > breeze. If you are not aware of package installers, why blame the system? > Now my question is , what are the alternatives to > RPM. This is called ... "running away from the problem". Use yum or any other package installer provided by your distro. > I am a VB developer, When we package software we > take > care that all the required files are with the > setup.exe. When you do a GNU/Linux install, you should install al the development tools and kernel sources. If a person doesn't install it, why blame the software? GNU/Linux gives the freedom to compile packages from sources or install from .rpms or using installers from distros. Enjoy the freedom. SK -- proudly anti-micro$oft ------------------------------------------------------------ Shakthi Kannan, MS Software Engineer, Specsoft (Hexaware Technologies) [E]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [M]: (91) 98407-87007 [W]: http://www.shakthimaan.com [L]: Chennai, India ------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
