On Monday 26 Jan 2004 9:50 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Urwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 13:01 > Subject: Re: [newbie] What is CD3 for? > > > On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 10:13 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > > > At 03:34 PM 1/25/04, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > >My luck must have run out. I spent 4 days downloading cd1,2,3 > > > > and installed Mandrake 9.2 with no obvious problems or errors. > > > > 3 cheers for the Mandrake team. > > > > > > > >I installed all the programs I wanted (No networking) and did > > > > not use CD3. I was wondering what it is for? > > > > > > CD3 for installing packages contained on that cd - browse it to > > > find out what they are. > > > Selecting OpenOffice and a language other than US-English will > > > trigger prompt for CD3. > > > > I tend to use it quite often, which makes me think development > > libraries. > > > > -- > > Richard Urwin > > Then perhaps I should look more closely, because I have some problems > that could be explained by missing libs. > Thanks for the input; > Hoyt
Development libraries are only used when you're compiling from source, and 99% of the time you're aware when you're doing that. (Installing the Nvidea driver springs to mind as a counter-example.) -- Richard Urwin
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