Re: [TCLUG:15891] GTK+ and RPM

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

Certainly not.  I prefer the tar -zxvf; configure; make; make install
method.  Can't beat it.

We've had the discussion before, but as far as "package managers" go you
can't beat make install under BSD.  rpm, apt-get, depackage (sp) just
serve to tick me off.  I prefer the do-it-yourself method :)


kyle matteson wrote:
> 
> am i alone in saying i'm a fan of compiling things myself??
> 
> k
> 
> Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> > such is the wonderfull life of debian, things in the right -dev packages,
> > in the right spot, when you need it.. all via apt-get :)
> >
> > Thank You,
> >         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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> >  "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> >
> > >         yeah, RPMs are there primarily to keep you from shooting yourself in
> > > the foot...unfortunately, they often keep you from shooting *anything else*.
> > >         my example:
> > >         I wanted to compile the GTKSee image viewer. it needs libjpeg,
> > > libtiff, and libpng, to support those formats (otherwise it just displays
> > > gifs). ./configure doesn't find those.
> > > so i make sure I have the RPMS for them installed.
> > > ./configure still can't find the libraries.
> > > "OH!" i think, and remember that RedSmack separates the RPMS into -devel
> > > packages,         for the files you need if you want to compile against
> > > those libraries.
> > > so I DL (thanks Real-Time!) the -devel versions of those libraries and
> > > install them.
> > > ./configure *still* can't find the libraries to compile against. ;(
> > > so I s**tcan the whole idea and look elsewhere for image viewers.
> > > maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place, and the ./configure is screwed
> > > up; but I've seen RPMS put stuff in not-quite-expected places before, so
> > > it's easy to blame them. :)
> > >
> > > on a somewhat different note:
> > > www.compupic.com has a very cool image (and text document!) management
> > > product (tho it is 'backdoor payware'... it's free in theory, but if you
> > > ever look at a .gif file, you have to pay them a license fee after 30 days,
> > > because of the Unisys patent); too bad it's a CPU hog. ;(
> > >
> > > Carl Soderstrom
> > > System Administrator    307 Brighton Ave.
> > > Minnesota DHIA                Buffalo, MN
> > > carls@agritech.com      (763) 682-1091
> > >
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Adam Maloney
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