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- From: bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad)
- Subject: Re: GNU stuff is a pain to install, and I can't get any help!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.234315.5743@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
- References: <EJH.92Nov18111609@khonshu.colorado.edu> <Bxy5x1.GnK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:43:15 GMT
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- In article <Bxy5x1.GnK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
- >I agree with Edward J. Hartnett in that some of the GNU stuff I've downloaded
- >has been neat to hear about and see other people using, but some of it is
- >uninstallable on my platform (NeXTSTEP 3.0). I had to get a lot of help before
- >I could install the latest emacs 18.59, I believe. I still haven't been able
- >to just compile the latest versions of gcc, gdb and oleo.
-
- In many cases, the "latest" version of a GNU package is considered
- Alpha or Beta test code. I believe that GCC 2.* and all versions of oleo are
- considered to still be in "testing". It would probably help if it was more
- obvious which versions where considered stable and which ones to avoid. A
- seperate list of machines on which each package/version has been installed
- would help alot. That way you could decide whether it was worth your while
- to try to install it on your machine. If you don't feel like having to do
- some debugging of the install, just stay away from versions that aren't
- already known to work on your mahcine.
-
- I will say that I've been installing GNU code for over 5 years now
- and I still run into problems. Take your time. I've had problems with
- installing commercial software for Unix as well. I guess that's life...
-
- Bill Bogstad
-