From: Nikolas A. <Nik...@gm...> - 2007-04-29 11:38:47
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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:15:26 +0200 Nikolas Arend <Nik...@gm...> > babbled: > > >> Michael Jennings wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, 28 April 2007, at 19:23:52 (+0200), >>> Nikolas Arend wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> up a lot of hits for "libxine" (mostly links to distros and all >>>> sorts of binary packages), >>>> >>>> >>> Distro packages. Hmmm...packages one can install on one's distro. >>> Hmmm... Yes, you're right, very unhelpful. >>> >>> Silly me. :P >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >> Well, I guess the project homepage still is the authoritative source for >> a package. He didn't specify the distro or mention whether he wanted >> ready-made packages or source code. Btw., there are a lot of links to >> binary packages for various distros on the homepage. Would have been >> polite to point him in that direction too, imho. >> > > why did he know so little about his own operating system that he didnt just > FIRST check his own installed packages. rpm -qa | grep xine. dpgk -L | grep > xine (the lib at the front obviously implies its a library and thus probably > can be dropped in any search - disfferent distros have differing package naming > conventions. debian insists all library package be called libsomething. redhat > does not and may call it xine-lib or whatever). > > the answer here is that roland - you need to study up on your distribution. you > need to have an idea of what is a package, what you may have compiled from > source yourself and where it has gone, or at least to find out. if you are in > the business of compiling stuff (like e17 for example) this is "prerequisite" > knowledge (much like a university will EXPECT you to be able to read and write > before starting a university course). my suggestion is to get chummy with it. > not doing so will just end up with you eventually making some big mistakes and > having trouble. :) > Ok, just one last remark. My whole point was that one can be educational and helpful at the same time. I already said that I consider this off-topic and I admit that Roland could have figured that out for himself, most probably via google. But giving the asker a little more information than "google.com" along with the advice that he could've done some research himself first doesn't hurt (just like you did above). Ah, well, shouldn't have posted to this in the first place. N. |