Am Donnerstag 29 April 2010 schrieb nobodyhere: > Thank you for this explanation, and the Linux penguin ascii art, > > Okay, then it sounds like it's really: > 1) automatic package repository installs, deb / rpm / ypm (ubuntu, > fedora, opensuse) packages 2) bin files, compile from source, zip / > folder > > For the example of FireFox (and Subversion), I can just use 3.5.9 > until openSUSE adds 3.6.3 to the package repository. So maybe for > most things it is fine to just trust (openSUSE / Fedora / Ubuntu) > repository packages. > > But for some programs, I have to install it separately... Either > because the repo pkg is so far behind, or because it's not in the > repo pkg. Examples might include Qt SDK (Skype? MonoDevelop? > DropBox?)...
Either get a distribution which is more up to date (arch, gentoo comes to my mind - both have this packages in their repository) or install yourself. But try not to break any other packages ;-) > But my next question is... > > > So /home/user/qt-sdk > > My partitions include swap, / (ie, the root), /home/. > > Are you suggesting to install it in "/home/[user name]/qt-sdk" rather > than "/usr/opt/qt-sdk" or "/usr/my_installs/qt-sdk"? not really - whatever fits your needs, qt-sdk is quite large, they linux files system standard (FHS - Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) would argue against this, but this is linux HTH Gustl -- August Hörandl [email protected] Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
