Wallace Nicoll wrote:
> Stephen Turner wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Jason Linhart wrote:
> > >
> > > This post gives me the feeling that 'make install' should do something.
> > > In my mind it should be something really simple, like just 'echo'ing the
> > > response above to the console. No need for 'make install', but no need to
> > > ignore people who think they need to do that.
> > >
> >
> > I'm starting to agree. Though I'm very puzzled why everyone has suddenly
> > started wanting "make install" after four years. :)
>
> Are we just using more stuff off the net, and things like "make install" have
> become a sort of de facto standard as part of the install process. Just like
> using a docs subdirectory, and README, etc, etc.
>
You are also getting a lot more Unix users who aren't computer gurus. These are
usually former Windows users who are using Unix (a) to run Internet services or
(b) because Linux is hot. They are used to a hand-holding-wizard style install
and 'make install' is the closest thing that is cross-platform Unix. And this is
probably the way things are going to change, just like happened in the hardware
industry five to seven years ago.
And frankly, I see no reason why Unix programs should be necessarily so
confusing. I don't like install Wizards (they're a waste of time for anyone who
knows what they're doing) but more guided installations would certainly make Unix
programs easier to install and use.
--
Jeremy Wadsack
Digital Media Consultant
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Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
http://www.wadsack-allen.com/digitalgroup/
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