Thank you for this explanation, and the Linux penguin ascii art, Okay, then it sounds like it's really: 1) automatic package repository installs, deb / rpm / ypm (ubuntu, fedora, opensuse) packages 2) bin files, compile from source, zip / folder
For the example of FireFox (and Subversion), I can just use 3.5.9 until openSUSE adds 3.6.3 to the package repository. So maybe for most things it is fine to just trust (openSUSE / Fedora / Ubuntu) repository packages. But for some programs, I have to install it separately... Either because the repo pkg is so far behind, or because it's not in the repo pkg. Examples might include Qt SDK (Skype? MonoDevelop? DropBox?)... But my next question is... > So /home/user/qt-sdk My partitions include swap, / (ie, the root), /home/. Are you suggesting to install it in "/home/[user name]/qt-sdk" rather than "/usr/opt/qt-sdk" or "/usr/my_installs/qt-sdk"? thank you for the linux help ----- Original Message ----- From: "August Hörandl" <august.hoera...@gmx.at> To: qt-creator@trolltech.com Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:36:30 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] where should I install Qt Creator / Qt SDK, on Linux? Am Donnerstag 29 April 2010 schrieb Elfen: > Pardon the complete Linux newbie question... But what's the best > place to install Qt SDK / Qt Creator on Linux (openSUSE KDE, Ubuntu > GNOME, etc)? > > I downloaded qt-sdk-linux-x86_64-opensource-2010.02.bin, did chmod, > then opened the file... The default folder is /home/[user > name]/qtsdk-2010.02, but this seems strange? > > My general understanding is that there are two basic types of > installs: 1) the automatic package repository installs > 2) installs you do manually, such as from deb / rpm / bin files Actually 1) and the first part of 2) is the same (eg. yast uses rpm to install, see it as kind of fancy frontend), just bin files or compiling yourself is different. Using linux -- especially as a newbie -- you should always use the repository manager of your distribution. This way everything fits together and you get automatic updates. > Meanwhile, I notice that the openSUSE package repository's latest > firefox is 3.5.9, yet FireFox's website lets me download version > 3.6.3. Suse, like most other distributions, keeps the version of the installed software "fixed" during the lifetime of one of their versions. But their 3.5.9-xyz is 3.5.9 plus all security updates. Background: if they change the version (upgrade) of one package they may break a lot of other packages, or at least the working configuration for some users - to use your firefox example: there are some add-ons which don't work with 3.6, so users of this add-ons would be left with a better/newer but broken firefox. So /home/user/qt-sdk... is a good place for your personal copy of the newest qt creator -- installing it "in the system" would mean to replace your current qt installation, this could/would break all or some of the qt applications, including the kde applications, which would mean a broken desktop. HTH Gustl -- .--. |o_o | |:_/ | August Hörandl // \ \ august.hoera...@gmx.at (| | ) /'\_ _/`\ \___)=(___/ _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator