"Bruno Desthuilliers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> So, here's the basic scheme:
>
> - download the source tarball, preferably in /usr/local/src
> - unpack it
> - cd into the unpacked source directory
> - *carefully* read the REA
On 21 fév, 13:57, Paul Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 21 Feb, 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > re DLing source
>
> > As a "solution" to the problem of wanting a program on my computer, it
> > sucks.
>
> It doesn't suck if you're just installing one program, but if there
> are a lot of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As a "solution" to the problem of wanting a program on my
> computer, it sucks. On Windows I'll DL an install package,
> "accept" a license agreement, click Next a few times (no, I can't
> make a cup of coffee because the minute I step away the "Wizard"
> will ask a ques
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> re being serious
>
> I am serious. I am seriously trying to develop a nice language for
> beginners.
That's not what I was talking about.
> re DLing source
>
> As a "solution" to the problem of wanting a program on my computer, it
> sucks. On Windows I'll DL an ins
On 21 Feb, 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> re DLing source
>
> As a "solution" to the problem of wanting a program on my computer, it
> sucks.
It doesn't suck if you're just installing one program, but if there
are a lot of dependencies it can quickly suck, yes. Even with systems
that comprehe
re being serious
I am serious. I am seriously trying to develop a nice language for
beginners. I was at Dartmouth in 1965 when BASIC was new. It let me
use the computer without learning Fortran. It was very successful. I
think it's past time for another one. I think we could have a lot more
capabi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>
> Paul Boddie wrote:
>> The whole CNR stuff and the
>> proprietary software slant of Linspire obscures the solution, in my
>> opinion.
>
> Thanks for all your help, Paul.
>
> CNR, which is now free, is absolutely marvelous when it's got what you
> need. If Python2.5
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>CNR, which is now free, is absolutely marvelous when it's got what you
>need. If Python2.5 were in the warehouse, I'd have clicked, gone to
>make a cup of coffee and the appropriate icon would be on my desktop
>when I came back. If I were Python.org I'd not consider any
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> CNR, which is now free, is absolutely marvelous when it's got what
> you need. If Python2.5 were in the warehouse, I'd have clicked,
> gone to make a cup of coffee and the appropriate icon would be on
> my desktop when I came back.
Why don't you switch to a distributio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Both GNOME and KDE put Windows to shame. An old Windows guy, like
> me, can just start using either one without needing 'common *n*x
> knowledge.'
Sure, go and compile them from the sources. The X server too, please
(I got half insane from that once).
> Too bad the *n
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> IOW: all this is assumed to be
>> common *n*x knowledge.
>
> Both GNOME and KDE put Windows to shame. An old Windows guy, like me,
> can just start using either one without needing 'common *n*x
> knowledge.'
Err... Ever tried to compile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> IOW: all this is assumed to be
>> common *n*x knowledge.
>
> Both GNOME and KDE put Windows to shame. An old Windows guy, like me,
> can just start using either one without needing 'common *n*x
> knowledge.' Too bad the *n*x community isn
Paul Boddie wrote:
> The whole CNR stuff and the
> proprietary software slant of Linspire obscures the solution, in my
> opinion.
Thanks for all your help, Paul.
CNR, which is now free, is absolutely marvelous when it's got what you
need. If Python2.5 were in the warehouse, I'd have clicked, go
On 18 Feb, 16:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Paul Boddie wrote:
> > Here's one page which probably tells you stuff you already know:
>
> >http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download
>
> Thank you! It says I need Python (which I've got) and the Python-devel
> package, which sounds like it mi
Paul Boddie wrote:
> Here's one page which probably tells you stuff you already know:
>
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download
Thank you! It says I need Python (which I've got) and the Python-devel
package, which sounds like it might include Tkinter and IDLE. Now if
only I knew wh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> IOW: all this is assumed to be
> common *n*x knowledge.
Both GNOME and KDE put Windows to shame. An old Windows guy, like me,
can just start using either one without needing 'common *n*x
knowledge.' Too bad the *n*x community isn't more welcoming to
outsiders. Linspire
On 17 fév, 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(snip)
> What's not in the instructions is what directory should I be in when I
> download? Where should I put the ".bz2" file? What dir for running the
> make files?
Neither are the basic shell commands like cd, tar etc. Nothing Python-
specific here, an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
> I went to Python.org, DL'd Python 2.5 source code per the usual
> inadequate instructions and ran the make files successfully (sort of).
> Python 2.5 works fine. But "from Tkinter import *" gets a "What's
> Tkinter?" message. IDLE's no where to be found.
>
> What's not
On 17 Feb, 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I went to Python.org, DL'd Python 2.5 source code per the usual
> inadequate instructions and ran the make files successfully (sort of).
> Python 2.5 works fine. But "from Tkinter import *" gets a "What's
> Tkinter?" message. IDLE's no where to be found.
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