From: Lars L. <la...@us...> - 2005-10-09 21:50:10
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On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 23:34 +0200, ba...@gm... wrote: > The problem with rpm based vs. debian-like distros is exactly the one you= are=20 > experiencing, with apt-get for example, the utility installs the software= you=20 > want *plus* all the requested dipendencies (libraries), rpm based distros= do=20 > not, you have to download,unpack,install them manually. Don't be silly. Mandrake has urpmi, Fedora has yum, and I'm sure the others have similar tools too. And the graphical package managers should do everything automatically anyway. The first time I installed ZynAddSubFX I just typed 'urpmi zynaddsubfx' and it downloaded and installed all libraries and Zyn itself in a few seconds. --=20 Lars Luthman PGP key: http://www.d.kth.se/~d00-llu/pgp_key.php Fingerprint: FCA7 C790 19B9 322D EB7A E1B3 4371 4650 04C7 7E2E |