Re: [school-discuss] Installing From Tar

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Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Installing From Tar

From: Daniel Villarreal <yclwebmaster@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:14:26 -0500

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It's great that you install programs from source all the time, but how many GNU/Linux users have to really do this? Please note that this is addressing GNU/Linux, not SunOS users, or Solaris users. Even OpenBSD has many packages ready-to-install, though you are free to use the ports system. How many people use Slackware as opposed to Ubuntu/Linuxmint/CentOS/Fedora, even OpenBSD?

For Debian based systems, let's see how many ready-to-install packages exist for Debian stable...

Example: https://packages.debian.org/stable/
https://packages.debian.org/stable/allpackages?format=txt.gz

All Debian Packages in "wheezy"
Generated: Sat Dec 20 23:29:30 2014 UTC 
48, 559 packages

Have a nice day,
Daniel Villarreal
http://www.youcanlinux.org/

On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Christopher Whittum <cdwhittum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When I used Slackware, I frequently had to install packages from source.Â Not only is it a good way to be familiar with what software is on your computer, it's also something every Linux administrator should know how to do.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:12 PM, LM <lmemsm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It should be very rare that you would be required to install a program from
>> source, depending upon the GNU/Linux distribution you are using.
>>
>Why is it rare?Â I install programs from source all the time...