On Nov 10, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Gary V wrote:
Ease of installation is valued by knowledgeable users also.
Yes, especially if they already know why it is working and how to
fix it if something goes wrong.
But you want a drop-in solution so you don't need to know
anything...how do you troubleshoot something when you don't know
what it's doing in the first place?
Hmm, I wonder how many of the people who responded in one way or
another is actually familiar with the package in question. I have
been using Linux for a couple years now and have installed
thousands of packages. In general, I have not had any problems
navigating the package after it has been installed. Sure packages
need configuration. Sure, time is well spent figuring out how to
configure them. I would have been happy to use the package in
question rather than compile from source, but after spending 30
minutes trying to get into the mindset of the packager so I could
actually get clamav to function, I said f*** it.
See, you do that much effort, but then the OP said he just hacks the
word "example" out of the config file and runs the app as root. That
means he took what, five minutes of effort?
The conf for ClamAV is rather well documented from my experiences
with it. The packages may have altered the defaults or where the
files are located, but once it's in place, it's not normally that
hard to get working. The hard part is integrating with other daemons
and scanners. How do you expect THAT to be simplified for everyone
and all situations?
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