Re: Package system vs. source vs. both

2003-03-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:36:04AM -0500, Radek Zajkowski wrote: > Here is a problem, I could not get the X to run from the packages on my > machine. It either would not configure, hang during configuration or refuse > to accept my settings. I am not an advanced user, therefore I often have no > fa

Re: Package system vs. source vs. both

2003-03-11 Thread David Z Maze
Radek Zajkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As a result I downloaded the binaries of Xfree and it runs as a charm. I > compiled Emacs and my crappy pentium200 is now a bit more friendly, or at > least it offers the alternative to terminal. > The problem I have created here is rather obvious, th

Re: Package system vs. source vs. both

2003-03-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 09:36, Radek Zajkowski wrote: > Here is a problem, I could not get the X to run from the packages on my > machine. It either would not configure, hang during configuration or refuse > to accept my settings. I am not an advanced user, therefore I often have no > facility to tra

Re: Package system vs. source vs. both

2003-03-11 Thread sean finney
hey radek, i used to be real gung-ho on rolling my own everything, since i much of what i first learned about adminning was on a solaris box. after a while though, you'll find it gets really, really annoying when you want to upgrade (or lord forbid, remove) software. configuring X in debian is o

Package system vs. source vs. both

2003-03-11 Thread Radek Zajkowski
Here is a problem, I could not get the X to run from the packages on my machine. It either would not configure, hang during configuration or refuse to accept my settings. I am not an advanced user, therefore I often have no facility to trace these kind of issues. As a result I downloaded the binar