Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Linux has Kernel Modules...
Author: Jesper Anderson Posted: 5/19/1999; 2:39:23 PM Topic: Hint to Apple Msg #: 6475 (In response to 6304) Prev/Next: 6474 / 6476
I've actually found that compiling and installing most stuff under Linux is a lot less painless than installing binaries. It's about as much work as installing a binary under Win95 or NT.Unpack
run configure
run make
run make install
Even on my P100 notebook this takes very little time and works very well. My failure ratio is about the same as with binaries on Win95, with the difference that there is no registry rot.
With the automation already built into many packages, using configure scripts and automatically generated makefiles, the next step may well be an 'auto compiling' installation, where the binary is created for you, using the best available libraries on your system, and installed. With no user intereference apart from 'Get to it!'
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