Re: Simplifying package installation.
- From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel gnu org>
- To: jirka 5z com
- CC: gnome-hackers nuclecu unam mx, gnome-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Simplifying package installation.
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:19:09 -0500
> However just a tarball is not AS great, as it doesn't register with any
> "application database", for better package managment.
We could make the installation process install the .keys, .mime,
.gnorba files in the user directory.
Another approach is to have a 4777 directory in the system where
people can install applications.
> The user package would add it's icon to the user menu ("Favorites" nowdays)
> and maybe a link to the ~/bin/ so that the user can run it from command line
this we can do trivially.
miguel
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