[Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer.

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On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 21:11, bruce wrote:
> you've partially missed what i'm getting towards....
> 
> i wouldn't dream of thinking that i or anyone else could say what your linux
> box should be. what i can envision is a system that would allow you to point
> to a given app, and say i want appx (or appy), and it would more or less
> walk through the steps to "correctly" install/build that app on your box.
> even if the process called for it to figure out/modify dependencies etc...
> and it would efficiently do it for multiple apps/versions/os's...
> 
> lindows/linspire/cnr is nowhere close to what i'm describing, although it's
> a lot closer than anything else out there...

Let's see, the last time I ran Lindows it was 2.x or 3.x, I  chose an
app to install.  It automatically downloaded that app, figured out
dependencies and modified for those, and installed, and ran.  Linspire
is now up to at least 4.5 and I would hope that they wouldn't digress
backwards to an unusable cnr.  Did I miss something?  The only catch I
see with Linspire is if your app is not in the warehouse, then you
normally have to download and ./configure, make, and make install.  And
hope that you have all the supporting libraries or go download those as
well.  But, they have a large repository of apps and if you need one
that's not there then you're probably not a "basic" user anyway.

Thomas


> 
> you see, while some figure that yum/apt-get/etc... are quite sufficient,
> there are plenty of people who get da*m tired of dealing of having to figure
> out the dependency issues.
> 
> i for one would welcome a system that does everything that i've
> described!!!!!
> 
> particularly if it didn't cost me anything for basic functions...
> 
> but this is just my $0.02 worth!! your opinion may vary...
> 
> and yeah, i'm pretty sure that this kind of approach would generate serious
> income...
> 
> peace!
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konstantin Ryabitsev [mailto:icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:49 PM
> To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Yellowdog Updater, Modified
> Subject: RE: [Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 17:43 -0700, bruce wrote:
> > what linux really needs is a good basic system that i as a basic user, can
> > put on my box, tell it i want app x (or y), and it will more or less
> figure
> > out what it needs to do, and go ahead and do it, with out screwing up my
> box
> > in the mean time!!!!!
> 
> That would be Lindows. However, lots of Linux users *like* being able to
> play with power preferences like choosing your repositories. You can't
> really say "this is what linux needs" and expect everyone to agree with
> you. ;)
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev
> Duke University Physics Sysadmin
> 
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