Re: GNU rant
- From: m.kraemer@xxxxxx (Michael Kraemer)
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:46:11 +0000 (UTC)
In article <1145632815.708802.242350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dave"
<dacooley@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Rich,
If you download Sources, you have to already have a compiler...
If you go to IBM's web site, you can get the RPM's for the pre-built
binaries...
If you go to Bull Freeware, they are there as well, as well as UCLA's
AIX freeware site.
Sometimes it's not the hardware or software, but the problem lies
between the keyboard and chair...
yes, but at some point I can understand his frustration.
The state of affairs as far as freeware for AIX is concerned
leaves a lot to be desired (to be polite).
Even if some tools like gcc come as binaries,
often they are long outdated versions, in particular the stuff that comes
with IBMs CDs. Building more recent versions is even more frustrating,
because for most non-trivial apps you need a gazillion auxiliary libraries whose
AIX versions are outdated as well. A few months ago I tried to create
a more recent version of the Lyx LaTeX frontend. I finally gave up
because it needed a couple of libraries which didn't compile
and weren't available precompiled either.
.
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