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When my faithful Linux machine silently died under my fingers, I knew I had a lot of work to do. I need a lot of different software and installing and configuring it takes quite some time. A job I'm particularly "fond" of is installing the cross compilers I need for my 4tH compiler. Yes, although I'm a dedicated Linux user, I create MS-DOS and MS-Windows packages as well.
Most package managers first download all the binaries/libraries. However, one package manager differs and does the job of downloading and installing at the same time. Check it out.
Fink is a collection of open source programs built for OS X. These programs are largely available on Linux and on Windows via Cygwin. Another similar system for OS X is Mac Ports, which uses a ports system similar to FreeBSD's port system.
Most of us might be finding it difficult to run Mozilla Firefox 3 on Debian Etch, because of the old gtk libraries. And many might have problems installing the libraries themselves. Mozilla Firefox requires at least gtk 2.10. Here is a small howto I found to solve the problem. Basically it is to install the required libraries in a different location and make Firefox3 use them.
I’m a Debian user and—like many—I use apt and its associated tools. If you haven’t yet discovered apt here’s a brief summary of some of it and some of its tools which can make your package management even more powerful.
e Ubuntu Linux distribution now includes virtualisation software Parallels in its partner repository. The move by Canonical, commercial sponsors of Ubuntu Linux, is a first for Ubuntu as Parallels is a commercial package and not free to use. However, by including Parallels in the partner repository Ubuntu users are able to easily install it should they want to use it. Installing Parallels using the Ubuntu package management tools will make it much simpler for users to install the software rather than installing from the command line.
Just about every Linux distro comes with a variety of programming tools. Some automatically get installed when you install Linux, and others are available in the distro's package repositories. But, what if the development tools that come with your distro don't do the job for you?
