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You're missing that a minimal headless environment is always going to be more painful than a full desktop. Also, I suspect you're also missing that linux has p
by ori_b 18y ago
You're missing that a minimal headless environment is always going to be more painful than a full desktop.
Also, I suspect you're also missing that linux has package managers that will find, download, (possibly compile) and install packages for you. It depends on the distro, but if you're running a Debian derivative, 'apt-get install whatever-you-want' would find, download, and install it for you.
- jasonkester 17y agoAs I mentioned above, those package managers (apt-get & yum) have never actually worked in my experience. After a dozen failed attempts to install anything with any of them, I had just assumed that they weren't intended to install anything other than a few well-known packages. Any idea how to teach yum to actually find anything?
- ori_b 17y agoYou point it to a repository. Apt-get currently knows about near 35,000 packages, though, and I've never needed to point it to a separate repository.