Installling non-k/ubuntu programs

[Even Sandsmark]

Thanks for the info on backports(when everything else fails read the
manual :)
however i can not find acrobat7 (no big deal, i got it installed)

re : src versus deb

security 
read the code and compile for your (unique) setup and requirement. 
I don't do it anymore but, but i did it for years. 
looking back at it, I was far more conscious about what i installed.
sometimes synaptic, yast + makes the whole thing too easy.
i am not advocating to go back (dependency's can be hell to solve) nor
would i advocate that everything was better "before"
but building you own system is gratifying


so my question would then be, why use synaptic when you have the
source? 

even
 

  

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 15:05 +0100, paul cooke wrote:
> On Friday 08 April 2005 22:47, Even Sandsmark wrote:
> > It seems that i answered Cougar directly, sorry
> > this is my answer.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not a kubuntu expert i have just used it for 14 days
> >
> > RPM is a format used by red hat, suse + +
> > deb is used by debian, ubuntu + +
> > src is used by all
> >
> >
> > src is good but i guess deb is the easiest.
> >
> > I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 7 rpm and used alien to "convert" to
> > deb and installed
> > so you can use both/all
> >
> > even
> >
> 
> as far as I know, Acrobat reader 7 is in backports al ready converted. All you 
> have to do is add the backports repository to synaptic.
> 
> 
> Personally speaking, the best way to install software is to use synaptic and 
> the correct Hoary specific repositories. Go here for further details for 
> enabling those repositories and  howto install other stuff like getting DVDs 
> playing.
> 
> <http://www.ubuntuguide.org/>
> 
> note, I don't have Kubuntu, I installed Ubuntu and then added KDE. I think it 
> works better that way. Your results may differ ;)
> 
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