On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jeremy Wadsack wrote:
>
> But I've noticed many times that installing with .configure; make; make
> install is faster and simpler than packages. Usually because the source
> files are easier to find than the package. Also, I have often found
> programs I wish to install that don't have packages and so have gotten
> used to the Unix procedure.
Maybe this is the difference between the Debian packaging model and the
rest. On Debiam, the single command
apt-get install <package>
will fetch and install almost anything you've ever heard of, usually with
no further configuration required, or else with a configuration dialogue.
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