Craig - installing programs issues

[scott]

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Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) wrote:
> Anthony Baldwin schreef:
>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)
>> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the best help in this particular case would be to get "collabcad"
>>> packaged by the author (or a volunteer), and added to a repo.
> 
>> Probably not going to happen, since it is not FREE software.
>> We must have some similar, and FREE, alternative available, I imagine.
> 
> There is some non-free software that is packaged as a .deb. There is a
> commercial repository. Opera, Skype, nvidia drivers,... the list goes
> on. So it's not impossible.
> 
> 
My thoughts are that you are using a system that is different than what
you are used to. Click and install....MS.

On a system like *nix, you can compile any program that is a binary with
the right tools. Not a binary designed for an MS kernel, mind you. But
just about any program, or script written for any flavor of *nix
(meaning using the linus kernel) can be compiled on any other, mostly.

Compiling programs from source is always a sore spot with people new to
linux.They don't understand the aspect of source code compilation.

That said, install build-essential package and learn to compile programs
that aren't, or can't be included in the repos.It's a little tricky at
first, but I think you can get the hang of it pretty easily.

For a little tutorial on it go here: >
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-397141.html
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