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Why don't more *nix dev's...
From: mick at pauldotcom.com (Michael Douglas)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:30:17 -0500
But... you're kind of speaking in favor of package managers. On my debian system I just need to do the following: sudo apt-get install {program that I want} That's *easy*, and I can have it update and stay current too. Rollup scripts are nice, they do beat the doing it by hand... but I prefer a good package. - Mick PS: what version of *nix are you using? On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Richard Baker <richardebaker at pathsecurity.com> wrote:
I see the point for package managers... but wouldn't it be "better" or speed adoption if the packages self-managed and then is no reason to have the .deb vs. .rpm vs. ect... normal users dont want to remember how to un-tar... windows and mac make it simple... click here to install... drag to the applications folder... maybe im crazy -REB On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:2009/12/5 Richard Baker <richardebaker at pathsecurity.com>:Why don't more *nix dev's... Write rolled up install scripts... like the installer for VMware Player... One .sh file that has all the needed elements rolled up in it uuencoded directly in the script... I know *nix users like to "have control" but doesn't it make sense??> or am I off base... Sanity Check??Isn't that what distributions and their package managers are for? Robin _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com_______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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