hi, ok thanks for the info on here. now I understand better. thanks for shairing that. charles On 2001-11-25 blinux-list@redhat.com said: >On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, cbowman wrote: >> ... another question. I haven't ever compiled anything before. >There is an excellent tutorial in the Software-Building-HOWTO. >You can usually shortcut this just by reading and following the >directions in the README that comes with the package. >> does this need to be done with all linux software >No. You can almost always find an appropriate compiled, easy to >install version for your distribution. >> and is it hard to do? >That depends on the type of user. The average M$ computer user >has been trained to expect, and "need" expensive phone support >for the simplest of tasks, but if you are reasonably literate, >and can read and follow directions, it should pretty easy. You >don't need to be a programmer. You will find that most of your >effort will then go into learning the many features and >capabilities of the average package. >Occasionally you may try an alpha or beta package that won't >compile on your system. Usually you just wait till the project >matures a bit. Tweaking the package, and trying to fix it, >usually isn't worth the effort, unless you are into programming, >AND have an special interest in that particular project. Open >Source projects usually mature very quickly, and you would end up >upgrading anyway, in a fairly short time. >LCR >-- >L. C. Robinson >reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid >People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and >instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find >out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see >"CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive