Comments on: facebook addiction (from fedora) http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/ Anirudh singh shekhawat. Desultory thoughts of a wandering mind. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/comment-page-1/#comment-13 John Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:13:58 +0000 http://acedip.in/blog/?p=55#comment-13 Please always point people first to fedora packages on the official repository. This is because it prevents less headaches when upgrading the system and as well as security updates. Being a fedora contributor, you should know that Please always point people first to fedora packages on the official repository. This is because it prevents less headaches when upgrading the system and as well as security updates. Being a fedora contributor, you should know that

]]> By: Anirudh Singh Shekhawat http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Anirudh Singh Shekhawat Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:06:07 +0000 http://acedip.in/blog/?p=55#comment-12 yes, yum is pretty easier but you wouldn't actually know what is happening when you simply do yum (which is great when you just want it quick). In my case here, I pretty much went through the comments at plugin's main site and was so interested in the package and one thing lead to another and i landed at the rpms for fedora, and i found it easier enough to get it done. the IP of the site being there simply came from pasting the link to the download link for the rpm there, the main link is also stated above. well if there would have been much dependencies and (maybe) I'd have got stuck then resorting to yum would have been my last resort :) And more over, it doesnt harm while you can got some extra steps (at times :) ) yes, yum is pretty easier but you wouldn’t actually know what is happening when you simply do yum (which is great when you just want it quick).
In my case here, I pretty much went through the comments at plugin’s main site and was so interested in the package and one thing lead to another and i landed at the rpms for fedora, and i found it easier enough to get it done.
the IP of the site being there simply came from pasting the link to the download link for the rpm there, the main link is also stated above.
well if there would have been much dependencies and (maybe) I’d have got stuck then resorting to yum would have been my last resort :)
And more over, it doesnt harm while you can got some extra steps (at times :) )

]]> By: bochecha http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/comment-page-1/#comment-11 bochecha Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:57:33 +0000 http://acedip.in/blog/?p=55#comment-11 In this case: # yum search facebook or # yum search purple Might come in handy next time you search something without knowing the package name. Also, it's really bad to advise people to take packages from « somewhere on the internet » (not speaking about giving the IP, which makes the site even more difficult to identify!) For example, the yum command will work on any Fedora/EL distribution where yum is present (that is.. well, all recent versions :) while the packages you link to might only work for one version of the OS. Also, the user might need more dependencies than you did. So are they supposed to resolve their dependencies manually ? Yum is here to make your life easier. Just use it. Or rather... just yum it :) In this case:
# yum search facebook

or

# yum search purple

Might come in handy next time you search something without knowing the package name.

Also, it’s really bad to advise people to take packages from « somewhere on the internet » (not speaking about giving the IP, which makes the site even more difficult to identify!)

For example, the yum command will work on any Fedora/EL distribution where yum is present (that is.. well, all recent versions :) while the packages you link to might only work for one version of the OS.

Also, the user might need more dependencies than you did. So are they supposed to resolve their dependencies manually ?

Yum is here to make your life easier. Just use it. Or rather… just yum it :)

]]> By: Anirudh Singh Shekhawat http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Anirudh Singh Shekhawat Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:50:02 +0000 http://acedip.in/blog/?p=55#comment-10 yes it's better but got the name of the package correct after I'd done it manually. I found somewhere the package name to be simply "yum install facebook" so found it weird and it dint work either (no surprise) so dint bother to give it a thought :) thanks for the suggestion yes it’s better but got the name of the package correct after I’d done it manually. I found somewhere the package name to be simply “yum install facebook” so found it weird and it dint work either (no surprise) so dint bother to give it a thought :)
thanks for the suggestion

]]> By: bochecha http://acedip.in/blog/facebook-addiction-from-fedora/comment-page-1/#comment-9 bochecha Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:28:14 +0000 http://acedip.in/blog/?p=55#comment-9 What about that: # yum install purple-facebookchat Some people really like it complicated :) What about that:
# yum install purple-facebookchat

Some people really like it complicated :)

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