On Wednesday 27 May 2009 22:16:17 Rony wrote: > > Even if you had a one click install on doze, the OS limitations would > > trump any easy installation procedure. > > > > > > Why should FOSS always get associated with something that is not easy to > setup whereas doze automatically is assumed to be one touch? Why not > have one touch installation in FOSS?
just a question of priorities. We are more interested in getting the software to work - and work properly than in one-touch installs. However there are tools like urpmi and apt-get and yum and emerge which are all one-touch install tools. You will find however that it is very rare for the authors of the software to maintain these - packaging is usually done by 3rd parties. You could try out these tools - many of them have graphical interfaces which makes the installs for the vast majority of FOSS software one-click installs. It is very rare that one has to go through the './configure - make - make install route'. I hear rumours that the latest versions of urpmi and apt-get and yum even list out and install dependencies. I know it is difficult to believe, but I have been informed of this fact by usually reliable people. Perhaps you could investigate and confirm or deny these rumours? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
