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Re: Aw: Re: Installation: Manual text


From: Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
Subject: Re: Aw: Re: Installation: Manual text
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:37:26 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

On Sat, Apr 09 2022, Laurence Finston wrote:

> Most people have their own computers nowadays and I never log on as
> `root' or as a user with root permissions unless I have to.  None of
> the software I've worked on in the last 10 years plus requires root
> permissions for anything (installing or running) so I always install
> it somewhere under my home directory.

Oh, so you never user your distribution package manager to install
software, and, instead, you compile and install all your programs?  And
never use 'sudo' or equivalent?  That's certainly possible, but, in my
experience, for most people, most of the software they use has been
installed with root privileges (either directly or vicariously via sudo
or an equivalent program).  Of course, that doesn't mean that they use
that software as root, and mdk doesn't require that either at all (nor
would i recommend doing it).

For regular users not wanting to compile everything they use, my first
recommendation would be to simply use their package manager to install
mdk (at least in debian, it's still well-maintained and there's a deb
for the latest release).

For expert users like you wanting to compile mdk themselves, i still
recommend installing it in the same places where a package manager would
(and that requires root access for installation, yes): mdk uses lots of
external libraries and their resources (icons and the like), most of the
time installed by package managers in similar locations. In my
(necessarily limited) experience as a maintainer, there are less
problems that way (specially with complicated, big dependencies, like
GTK+ or Glade, which like to look for their resources in "standard"
locations).

Of course, your mileage may vary (documentation patches, or of any other
kind for that matter, are always welcome).

Thanks,
jao
-- 
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing
it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
 -Buddha (c. 566-480 BCE)



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