On Mon, 2014-03-17 at 09:15 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:07:45 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2014-03-17 at 08:46 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > > > Installing Linux software from source has more or less vanished as > > > part of the work flow for non-technical users, and even for majority > > > of what technical users do. > > > > Paul is right, but there anyway is a "halfway house", Arch Linux does > > provide the Arch User Repository. > > I have used Linux since the Yggdrasil days where you had to compile > everything from scratch. Now, even in the AUR compilation is a simple > process requiring no technical knowledge on the part of the user to > build and install packages, save a couple of commands to be entered in > the shell. Hopefully it won't cause a flame-war ;). Hardcore: $ yaourt -S "package" When asked to edit the PKGBUILD in my experience, it's usually ok to reply with "no". Using FreeBSD and compiling from a FreeBSD port is much more complicated, OTOH, using yaourt for Arch Linux is disputed ;). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
