On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:36:58PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote:
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > /usr/local somewhere. /usr/local/lib is really only appropriate for
> > libraries, but it's up to you. You might like to try stow, where you put
> > each package in its own directory in /usr
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> /usr/local somewhere. /usr/local/lib is really only appropriate for
> libraries, but it's up to you. You might like to try stow, where you put
> each package in its own directory in /usr/local/stow and it maintains a
> symlink farm for you; this allows f
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:38:20AM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote:
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> >> If I install software in /usr/local, as I understand it, I bypass Debian
> >> package management.
> >
> > That's right.
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:>> With some
> of the major applications reaching 1.x, I believe now is the
>
>> If I install software in /usr/local, as I understand it, I bypass Debian
>> package management.
>
> That's
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 03:29:20PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 08:59, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> [snip]
> > > I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will benefit by
> > > learning a l
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 10:37:26AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote:
> on Mon, May 20, 2002, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> > on Sun, May 19, 2002, Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
> > > "Robert Ian Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
on Mon, May 20, 2002, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> on Sun, May 19, 2002, Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
> > "Robert Ian Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will be
on Sun, May 19, 2002, Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
> "Robert Ian Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will benefit by
> > learning a lot.
>
> As you've no doubt already experienced, the
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 08:59, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
[snip]
> > I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will benefit by
> > learning a lot. The default install for Redhat 7.3 is quite nice, but
> > adapting it
On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
Robert Ian Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
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>
>If I install software in /usr/local, as I understand it, I bypass
>Debian package management. If I want to run current software (as in
>Redhat or Mandrake current) will I need to install a lot of softwar
On Sunday 19 May 2002 14:33, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using Windows as my main system at the moment. I have tried various
> distributions in the past (Suse, Mandrake, Redhat). The Linux-systems I
> tried could never fully replace my Windows desktop. Unstable application
> software was
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> With some of the major applications reaching 1.x, I believe now is the
> time to give Linux another shot. Besides I don't want to upgrade to
> WinXP.
Heh ...
> I do have a few questions about package-management.
>
> Once Woody be
On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
"Robert Ian Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will benefit by
> learning a lot.
As you've no doubt already experienced, the Debian install is text based.
No fancy GUI. But other than that I can't say t
Hi,
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> I am using Windows as my main system at the moment. I have tried various
> distributions in the past (Suse, Mandrake, Redhat). The Linux-systems I
> tried could never fully replace my Windows desktop. Unstable application
>
On 19/05/02 Robert Ian Smit did speaketh:
> I am using Windows as my main system at the moment. I have tried various
My condolences.
> distributions in the past (Suse, Mandrake, Redhat). The Linux-systems I
> tried could never fully replace my Windows desktop. Unstable application
> softw
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