quote: Original post by uNiQue0815
much more comfortable than any packaging system... but takes some (and some more) compile-time :D
About 8 years of linux packaging system development refutes that...
quote: Original post by uNiQue0815
much more comfortable than any packaging system... but takes some (and some more) compile-time :D
quote: Original post by C-Junkie
About 8 years of linux packaging system development refutes that...
quote: Original post by uNiQue0815
one bad thing about packaging systems is, that they depend on EVERYTHING being installed with them.
if one doesn''t always do so, the whole packaging system doesn''t work properly any more. so many unmet dependencies, alhtough every single needed is properly installed (some by source, some by package)...
let the system do a dependency check & "repair" ?? HA HA.
so what to do, if there''s no up-to-date software package ?
or if there''s no precompiled package for your system ?
quote: Original post by uNiQue0815
one bad thing about packaging systems is, that they depend on EVERYTHING being installed with them.
if one doesn''t always do so, the whole packaging system doesn''t work properly any more. so many unmet dependencies, alhtough every single needed is properly installed (some by source, some by package)...
let the system do a dependency check & "repair" ?? HA HA.
so what to do, if there''s no up-to-date software package ?
or if there''s no precompiled package for your system ?
the only drawback of source-installation, i''ve experienced so far, is (for some apps) a lot of compile time [XFree86, KDE !! :D].
quote: Original post by C-Junkie
er, ever tried debian?
quote: Original post by Doc
If there is no up-to-date? That is a problem - you might check the experimental repository, but usually there is a good reason if the package hasn''t been updated.
If there is no package at all? Then compile it yourself as depending packages don''t exist and don''t matter.
I think you''re wasting you''re time for no real benefit.