From: michael greenly <mgreenly@...>
Date: 2008-01-05T03:20:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby install on Kubuntu Linux - why so spread out

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(bit off topic)

There is actually a fairly sound logic to it and most of it can be divined
out of the file hierarchy standards by reading the descriptions if you were
interested.  A lot of it is just historical baggage as well.  I personally
think that in time people will come to rely on package management, search
functions, etc... and care much much less about where physical files are
actually stored.

We'll of course still care about meta relations ships... which package is
first in load order etc... but no so much where it's installed.  I don't
navigate to any media type data any more.  I desktop search to find it.  I
don't go looking to see where things are installed I ask the package manager
etc...

By the way if you hadn't run across it 'dpkg -L packagename' will tell you
where things are.


On Jan 3, 2008 5:44 AM, Tom Cloyd <tc@tomcloyd.com> wrote:

> Thanks, guys. Definitely helpful. I still think it's easier to put it
> all in one place, and I'm not characterizing WinXP when I say that -
> just how my ruby got installed there by the windows installer. As for
> the "shotgun" installation on Kubuntu - I suspected there was a logic to
> it, but didn't know what it was. I'm moving very fast with Kubuntu, out
> of necessity, and I'm not a CS pro, so I smack into my ignorance a lot.
>
>

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Michael Greenly
http://blog.michaelgreenly.com

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