On 11-Oct-08, at 2:16 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
3. Is it a bad idea to install some software from the command-line
via
wget, some software from the graphical Package Manager, and some
software from the the web? What I mean is, so far it seems like Linux
manages the list of installed packages, and I just wonder if I'm
screwing things up this way.
Yes. Bad idea and it *will* screw up your system. Read up on CentOS
and try
to understand why we ship exactly that set of packages contained in
any
of the 4 available CentOS versions. If you find that not having the
newest
software available, CentOS might not be the correct distribution for
you.
If you want to have a stable set of packages supported for seven
years(!),
then stay with CentOS. Mixing CentOS packages and "stuff from the
web" will
not help with that.
Thanks a lot for the explanation (and to admin also). Everything you
say makes sense, and I will look at using YUM for adding the software
I need.
...Rene
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