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Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06 v 6.1
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:22:51 +0100
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jellybean stonerfish schrieb:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:12:09 +0100, Zepos wrote:
> 
>> Christopher Hübner  wrote:
>>
>>> You are not forced to use the package-system. There exist numerous
>>> possibilities to install software. (Get the code from the repository and
>>> compile the programs you need.)
>> That sounds more like something for experts (dare I say geeks?), not
>> for a simple user like myself.

> unpack source code
> cd to source directory
> type
> 
> ./configure PREFIX=/usr
> make
> make install

There exist also precompiled packages with install-script, that work
like a setup.exe under windows. For example, if you want to install
google-earth, then you can use such a package.
If you want to get rid of that software, execute the uninstall-script.

Greetings,
    Christopher
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