On 11-Oct-08, at 2:16 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
- Is it a bad idea to install some software from the command-line
via wget, some software from the graphical Package Manager, and some software from the the web? What I mean is, so far it seems like Linux manages the list of installed packages, and I just wonder if I'm screwing things up this way.
Yes. Bad idea and it *will* screw up your system. Read up on CentOS and try to understand why we ship exactly that set of packages contained in any of the 4 available CentOS versions. If you find that not having the newest software available, CentOS might not be the correct distribution for you.
If you want to have a stable set of packages supported for seven years(!), then stay with CentOS. Mixing CentOS packages and "stuff from the web" will not help with that.
Thanks a lot for the explanation (and to admin also). Everything you say makes sense, and I will look at using YUM for adding the software I need.
...Rene