On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 16:33 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Kevin Kofler wrote: > > Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko <at> greshko.com> writes: > >> Well, not everything needs an installer or rpm. > > > > If you want to make a mess, sure... (An installer creates a mess too, by the > > way. ALWAYS prefer an RPM for Fedora over some cross-distribution tarball or > > installer which isn't adapted to Fedora and has no or bad uninstallation > > support. The tarball/installer-installed software also won't be available as a > > dependency to other packages.) > > Sorry to disappoint....but I've been at this long enough not to make a mess > of things. My prime rule is never make changes to the system with a Gin & > Tonic within my reach. > > Weren't you taught *never* to use definitives like *always*. :-) Those are just as bad as "shoulds", which one shouldn't engage in. :) I keep my tarred installs in /opt where it is nice and convenient to keep track of, so I've had FX 2.0 and the beta 3.0 for ages, right there with a working java, straight from the horse's mouth. Nary a burp in the barrel. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
