--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "C. Beck" <usabecker@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, that would be what I consider the bad luck part. My point was just
> that relying on a distribution's repositories is not the only option
> available for installing software in linux - That's what the comment I
> responded to seemed to be saying. There are often ways around dependency
> issues if a program is wanted bad enough - at least that has been my
> limited experience.
>
Well my limited experience began in 1996 for Linux. For the first 6 years I ran Linux I mainly used Slackware too. Back then Slackware wasn't known for its strong package management either. It was a great system, simple enough anyone could hack around with it, solid enough it was predictable out of the box too. But once you started adding to it on your own then things quickly got very difficult to keep up with.
By 2001 I'd given that life up for the much easier RPM method of dealing with things. That was a golden era then, full of promise, and hope for the future. Then Red Hat became a publicly traded company, but that is a story for another time ...
Anyhow, be careful what you want, you just may get it, then come to realize it isn't worth the trouble after all.
Fact is there is a reason every distribution uses virtually the same scheme of package management that keeps track of versions, dependencies, and files today. Because no one really wants to do that on their own. It is in a word drudgery. It is dull, boring, tedious, and hard too! But most of all it is ultimately a waste of time. Duplication of effort always is.
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