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Subject: [e-lang] Installing E (was Re: CapGUI)
From: Kevin Reid <kpreid () mac ! com>
Date: 2008-02-02 21:22:30
Message-ID: FEFBDBC2-3403-487B-88A0-6690FA794870 () mac ! com
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On Jan 27, 2008, at 14:32, John Carlson wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Kevin Reid wrote:
>> On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:16, John Carlson wrote:
>>> Sigh. I guess if you want security, you need to install by hand? I
>>> am looking at the pure java version.
>>
>> I find this comment confusing. Could you expand?
>>
>> What is the alternative to "wanting security" that you see?
>> (Installing something else? Installing E by some other means?)
>> What is significant about the pure java version?
>
> Well in the days of MSI, executable jars, .dmgs, ./configure, fink,
> macports, apt-get etc, I don't expect to see a bunch of steps to
> get software installed.
(I'm moving this discussion to e-lang since it's specific to E.)
A good point. I think I'll look into improving the situation. Could
you point out where, in your view, the process becomes "a bunch of
steps"? That is, did you run into a list of steps on the web site, or
after you unpacked the download, or ...?
Also, are you on Mac OS X?
--
Kevin Reid <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>
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