Re: A Linux Newbie's Main Issue With Linux

On Tuesday 19 August 2003 04:01, Chris Knadle wrote:
> Paul -
>
> > My complaint is with the way applications are distributed in Linux.  This
> > business of getting the application then when you try to install it you
> > learn that there are dependencies that you have to go find, and then
> > guess what one of those dependencies has dependencies of it's own that
> > must be found and installed before you can load that dependence,  and
> > there are four different versions of a dependence so which one does your
> > application require? This is just insane!
>
>    Yes, what you are describing is known as "dependency hell" and is one of
> my main complains concerning distributions that use .RPMs like RedHat,
> Mandrake, etc.

 Sorry, I disagree with that. IMVHO dependency problems have nothing to do 
with RPM's per se. It is a Linux annoyance.
If a dependency problem excist it will come up when using RPM but ALSO when 
you using TAR.


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