On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, David Sainty generated:
>tar fxvz blah.tar.gz
>cd blah-x.y
>./configure --prefix=/some/where
>make
>make install
>/some/thing/else/appname &
You know, I can't think of anything easier than:
# apt-get install blah
as opposed to the old search-the-ugly-winfiles.com, download, un-winzip,
double-click the setup program (if you're lucky enough to get one).
IMHO Linux distributions are and have always been more userfriendly than
windows with the package management; from the beginning people have
demanded it, explicitly or implicitly in the demand for more
applications... Windows has managed to avoid a decent package manager
with the abundance of store-bought apps and collections of shareware on
the net (i.e. winfiles.com, tucows, download.com, and the like).
Linux rocks.
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