[Wolves] what the difference between install with apt-get and downloading binary install

[Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint]

that is interesting about https://chocolatey.org/ i maybe using that
sometime soon with a project i have in mind but not sure yet.
i was involved with learning about installshield when i was computer
programming and the app needed to install both delphi dependents and
visual basic ones as well it was bit of can of worms to be honest , it
also needed to install autocad custom ARX module as well but autocad
was not too fussy really about it treated the ARX as standlone module
that was loaded into the AutoCAD environment , also the installer
needed to install all the Visual C++ MFC library/dll  but any a bit
OTT.

it took almost as long to get the installer working and bug free as
dev of the application did which was pretty fast with RAD developement
tools like visual basic 4 & delphi 3.

mark


On 24 December 2015 at 10:39, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 December 2015 at 10:35, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Most packages (programs) are available through either a software
>> manager or synaptic (my preference) on the vast majority of distro's
>> especially if you are new to Linux.  I cannot remember the last time I
>> had to manually install a program but it must be something like 10 to
>> 15 years ago.  Some still prefer to do it this way as you do have more
>> control over what goes where.
>>
>
> Doh!!!  sorry, what I should have said is that apt is 'normally' a
> Debian or Debian derivative way of installing packages.  I think there
> are a few none Deb distro's that have adopted apt (or synaptic from a
> GUI).  Red Hat/Fedora based distro's use RPM (Red Hat Package Manager)
> I can't remember what the others use as I've been using Mint for a few
> years now.
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