On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 21:07 +0530, Mahesh M wrote:
Why is it that the required files and libraries are not distributed with the package? Can any arrangement be made for the same?
Like... When s/w s are d/l ed one may not be able to install it (errors like ncurses are missing and all) User end people find it very very difficult... They hate searching net for every single thing jus to install one single package. I have been hearing this for a thousand times..
This need not be a problem when one is installing from the Net. Most distributions now have package managers that can automatically download and install dependencies from the Net. A problem occurs when one is trying to install an application from a CD or DVD distributed by, say, a magazine, and it provides only that package and you have to download the dependencies. The problem becomes sever if the machine is not connected to the Net, obviously.
Best