On Thu, Nov 7, 2024, 3:53 PM Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <r...@rtellason.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 November 2024 08:19:55 am Chris Green wrote: > > I'm trying to get my mind round the various ways of wrapping/isolating > > collections of code and programs in Debian (well in any Linux I > > suppose) and I'm really not understanding them very well. When you go > > to the home of any particular one it seems to think you know what it > > is already and thus goes from there to tell you how to install it but > > doesn't really explain what it does. > > > > This is one of my biggest gripes about software packages. As in, "WTF > does this DO?!" Too often they seem to leave that out for some reason... > Look for a doc package to go along with it. If it's installed you'll probably find the contents in /usr/share/doc. The best doc and often the original doc from which the rest is derived is usually found in the git repository for the source. Look for it. Heinlein juvenility snipped :-) > >
