Tomas Hajny wrote: > On 20 Jul 06, at 22:41, Florian Klaempfl wrote: >> Rainer Stratmann wrote: >>> Am Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006 13:44 schrieb Jason P Sage: > . > . >>> In my view these "simple things" must have highest priority. >>> >>> In the Linux installation routine there is an install-question >>> something like "do you want to install /usr/ or /usr/local/" >> The default is fine? >> >>> A beginner can not know what this is good for. Also there is no information >>> if >>> the install routine on Linux must have root rights... >> Well, because it depends on were you install? People not installing as >> root should know how to change /usr/local to something appropriate. >> >>> So if a beginner does not get work these "simple things" he give up very >>> fast. >> People don't dig into such stuff will be never good programmers, so I >> see no real problem if they give up :) Programming is full of such >> challenges. > > ;-) What would you think about distribution of > Win32 version with install.bat script asking you
Since linux people didn't get it to make a common gui, a gui installer isn't doable. > to choose whether you want to put cygwin1.dll in > system32 or your new bin directory? While Linux The windows installer also asks where it should install fpc. The install.sh doesn't ask more. As long as a default option is offered, I see no problem. > is moving to desktops little bit more, there are > more users who don't know details of their OS. > Such people might be perfectly able to find the > appropriate information, but they might not be > interested to have to do it just to install > something and possibly test what it can do for > them and whether they should continue using it or > throw it away. > > My 2 cents, anyway > > Tomas > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
