Subj : Re: Open Source Leaving Microsoft Sitting on the Fence?
To   : comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux
From : =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lin=F8nut?=
Date : Mon Jul 26 2004 07:48 am

Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from Peter Lu:

> Have you ever tried building a source package distribution that depended
> on package information of another package that you just happened to have
> installed in binary, where the package information was not available.
> Dependency hell.

Maybe.  All you need is the headers package for the needed libraries.
Difficult for newbies, but fairly easy otherwise.

> I wanted to get the Nautilus file manager, which is only available in
> source.  So far, I've had to get some 1 dozen libraries and packages
> to build it, and I'm still stumped.  I just need the desktop to work
> to get other stuff done, for heaven's sake.  Instead, I'm stuck with
> using a buggy version or spending countless hours upgrading.

Not if you're using Debian (apt-get) or Gentoo (emerge).  Actually extremely
simple (though the compiles will take awhile on a slow machine for 'emerge'.)
They take care of the dependencies for you.

I've also heard synaptic is pretty powerful and useable across most Linux
distros.  Haven't used it yet.

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