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   From: jellybean stonerfish    
   Organization: jelco stoneware   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06 v 6.1   
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
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   Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:02:18 -0800   
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   On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:12:09 +0100, Zepos wrote:   
      
   > Christopher Hübner  wrote:   
   >    
   >> You are not forced to use the package-system. There exist numerous   
   >> possibilities to install software. (Get the code from the repository and   
   >> compile the programs you need.)   
   >    
   > That sounds more like something for experts (dare I say geeks?), not   
   > for a simple user like myself.   
   >    
   > Zepos   
      
      
   It is pretty easy to compile stuff.  Even for simple users.   
   After using your package manager to install the compiler, linker, etc.   
   Most packages:   
      
   unpack source code   
   cd to source directory   
   type   
      
   ../configure PREFIX=/usr   
   make   
   make install   
      
   Of course, read the INSTALL or README files first.   
   The first time may be tough.  Search google with the text of any errors   
   you get, and fix them.  After a couple of packages, you will not  be   
   simple anymore.   
      
   --    
   stonerfish   
      
                 dare to explore   
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