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MacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX...

MacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX, so when I
download a utility that looks especially useful (but also
requires it be compiled) I get so frustrated. Inevitably I
don't have 3 or 4 libraries required, and Google searching
for them is useless.

So I jump the UNIX or even Linux board, called a newb and
left hanging or to read a nonexistent man that I can't
download because the application won't compile and
install the man in the first place.

Hopefully MacPort will make this process easier.

As a side note, Linux and general UNIX OSes (with the
exception of OS X) will never be mainstream on the
consumer desktop. I've had way too many "just use this
command" and have no idea what it does, or "if you don't
know how to do it, go back to Windows," or "read blah
blah book, it tells you how to use it" with the book
assuming you're a genius with UNIX and doesn't explain
how it works.

Support venues for Linux and UNIX are practically non existent for new users.

Posted by: olePigeon   Posted on: 12/09/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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