Re: Gnome/Linux Application Installer

[Sam Vilain <sam hydro gen nz>]

Gleef <dzol@virtual-yellow.com> writes:

> This is Unixland.  Users should not be able to install anything anywhere
> but their home directory (or possibly /tmp).  RPM supports relocatable
> packages, so if the package is written properly, a sysadmin can install it
> where they feel like it.  Other system's package formats have varying
> track records in this regard.  Solaris is apparently moving to a windowsy
> install wizard type system (bleh!)

FYI - This is just the InstallShield company writing a GUI frontend to
"pkgadd" (read rpm -i, Linux readers) and related utilities.  Very
much like Linux already has ;-)
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