Actually, I believe several (if not just debian) distributions have
solved this problem. I'm happily using apt-get, which automagically
grabs whatever dependencies there happen to be. I'm aware that there
exists something called auto-rpm, which I believe does the same thing. I
haven't heard anything about auto-rpm, though.
Russell
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>From: "Eric Pierce" <epierce@usf.edu>
>To: <slug@nks.net>
>Subject: RE: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to forget about it
>Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2001, 8:11
>
>
>
> The real reason Linux is going to have a tough time on the desktop is
> because of how hard it is to install a program. For instance, I just
> installed RH 7.1 on my laptop, and wanted to get my DVD player to work, so I
> went to linuxvideo.org and grabbed livid. Oops, there are newer versions of
> libac3, oms, and omi -- well, have to get those too. Compile libac3;
> everything is fine. Compile oms; oops, need a newer version of
> libSDL...gotta go find that. Ok, got libSDL compiled and installed. Compile
> omi; everything is fine. Run 'omi_gtk'; oops, forgot to compile
> libcss....etc,etc.
>
> Most desktop applications are on the cutting edge of what is possible in
> Linux right now...which is not a good place to be if you expect your mom to
> use it.
>
> -Eric
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Mike Manchester
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:28 AM
>> To: slug@nks.net
>> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to forget
>> about it
>>
>>
>> Linux will never make it on the Desktop because:
>>
>> It's not the GUI or how much it looks like Windows. The real
>> reason Linux will
>> never make the Desktop is because of companies using proprietary
>> software i.e MS
>> apps. case in point:
>>
>
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