On May 22, 2007, at 2:49 AM, Nick Pron wrote:
John, Thanks for the reply but using packages is not an option.
I always compile from source myself, but I often find it helpful to install a package first. it sounds counter intuitive... but on a lot of the minimal installs for debian/ubuntu/freebsd , you won't have the right libraries or whatever installed. by installing the package, then uninstalling it, you can quickly install all the misc requisites
its definitely a lazy sysadmin approach, but it works :)
