Installing process too messed up without software manager
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:28 pm
So, I am trying to install something (anything!) without the software manager, because it refuses to work, as posted elsewhere... So I'm currently trying to install wine from the tar ball... I swear, first it tells me 'you are trying to install wine as root, this is not advisable... please try again as user'... OK, cool... I do, and guess what? Now it tells me: 'We need to install Wine as the root user. '... !!!! (< this contradiction alone is insane!!!)
Compare that to Windows... All you have to do is run an .exe installer, and it will do the job, associated libraries and all... I'm not saying I prefer Windows, I have XP in my main desktop and 7 in my laptop in a dual boot with Mint 14, previously Ubuntu... But I wish Mint could install the damn thing (any program) without coming up with so many error messages. With the software manager crippled by the Linux ghosts in the machine, it is very frustrating...
And I am sure I won't be able to install wine because of the dependencies not met, obsolete libraries, packages not found, no such file or directory etc etc... Very frustrating
Linux distros should be user friendly... Well, they aren't.
Compare that to Windows... All you have to do is run an .exe installer, and it will do the job, associated libraries and all... I'm not saying I prefer Windows, I have XP in my main desktop and 7 in my laptop in a dual boot with Mint 14, previously Ubuntu... But I wish Mint could install the damn thing (any program) without coming up with so many error messages. With the software manager crippled by the Linux ghosts in the machine, it is very frustrating...
And I am sure I won't be able to install wine because of the dependencies not met, obsolete libraries, packages not found, no such file or directory etc etc... Very frustrating
Linux distros should be user friendly... Well, they aren't.