New to Linux, my distro while excellent for my requirements is somewhat thin on choice of apps to d/l. Are there any non-commercial Linux repositories where such apps are available? Tia.
Hi and welcome. You've picked the right place to ask, assuming the docs for your distro don't tell you. The $64,000 question is, which distro? The answer depends on that. Regards, Marcus. ________________________
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On 10/30/2012 11:32 AM, Marcus Harris wrote:
Hi and welcome.
You've picked the right place to ask, assuming the docs for your distro don't tell you. The $64,000 question is, which distro? The answer depends on that.
Regards,
Marcus. Thanks to all who replied. I'm using Centos v6.3
bfn Michael
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:35:32 +0000 Michael Goddard <emmjee@mypostoffice.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
On 10/30/2012 11:32 AM, Marcus Harris wrote:
Hi and welcome.
You've picked the right place to ask, assuming the docs for your distro don't tell you. The $64,000 question is, which distro? The answer depends on that.
Regards,
Marcus. Thanks to all who replied. I'm using Centos v6.3
In that case, see http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On 30/10/2012 11:12, Michael Goddard wrote:
New to Linux, my distro while excellent for my requirements is somewhat thin on choice of apps to d/l.
Are there any non-commercial Linux repositories where such apps are available? Tia.
Er, what's the distro? All FOSS apps are available for download somewhere, you just need to know how to install them. All distros support installation from source, most if not all have some form of package manager available. It all depends... Cheers, Laurie. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On 30 Oct 11:12, Michael Goddard wrote:
New to Linux, my distro while excellent for my requirements is somewhat thin on choice of apps to d/l.
Are there any non-commercial Linux repositories where such apps are available? Tia.
Hnng? First: Which distribution - there may well be repositories available for it that you haven't enabled, and even if not, it would give us some hint of the package format that you're after. Second: What "apps" are you looking for? Third: Worst case scenario, you grab the development tools and build from source. -- Brett Parker
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