[ILUG] GIMP 2.6 installation

[Conor Mac Aoidh]

I read that article. Very interesting, I know understand a bit more  
about Linux file structure and packaging. Thanks I'll download a  
package tonight.

Conor
http://macaoidh.name

On 12 Dec 2008, at 10:36, Pádraig Brady <P at draigBrady.com> wrote:

> Conor Mac Aoidh wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply the info was very usefull. I will try and  
>> compile
>> first but if I can't get through it I'll just download a package.  
>> I'll
>> have another go at installing it tonight and I'll let you know if I  
>> have
>> any problems.
>
> You should never really compile and install directly.
> I.E. you should always try to avoid doing `make install`
> as that just dumps files on your system outside of the
> knowledge of the packaging system, and all the goodness
> it generally provides.
>
> Packaging was one of the confusing things for me when
> I moved to linux, so I made some notes:
> http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/packaging.html
>
> Pádraig.