Ryan Hayle wrote: >On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:33:12 -0500 Shawn <sfertch at real-time.com> wrote: > > >>Just do it.... I, and many others were in your shoes before. The >>first time was nerve wracking, after that, it's not hard at all. >> >> > >I don't find the idea nerve-wracking in any way. I don't doubt the >process is extremely straight forward. I just know that I have about >200 megs free at the moment, and that ain't enough to compile anything >that big. Not to mention how slow it would be with only 192M RAM... >The point is that, compiling things is only advantageous to a very small >segment of the market, and so shouldn't really be recommended to those >who don't need it. > > > >>With the -net install option, it's only the executables (binaries) >>that reside outside your home directory. All your documents will >>reside by default in your home directory. >> >> > >Documents? Who cares about documents? The executables, shared >libraries, language files, templates, etc. etc. are all stored outside >your home directory, leaving a potential mess to clean up. I'm >certainly not opposed to compiling, but you better believe I'm going to >compile a debian/etc. package first! > > > >>You wouldn't want MS Office running from your "My Documents" directory >>now would you? >> >> > >No, the point is that if the "make uninstall" isn't reliable, you end up >with as bad a DLL hell as on Windows, and that's not cool! Most make >uninstall's seem to work, but don't seem to remove the directories they >create... > >And frankly, I'd much rather have MS Office run from my "My Documents" >directory where it's nice and contained, not sprawled all out over the >entire system! > > > Dang I'm done installing it ran much like the windows installed software I've run, no big deal. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list