On 25-Nov-99 Glen Gray wrote:
>I agree entirely. Some people might object to this but I think that
>something along the lines of InstallSheild for Linux is needed. This
>should make installing packages a doddle for newbies/windows users. They
>shouldn't really need to go to a console to type a long rpm command with
>various switches.
Aye, nothing to it, have gnome and kde automatically register "gprm" and "krpm"
which should be installshield like interfaces to rpm, with the filetype rpm,
and ta-da there you go. Installshield for linux.
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