Then you run the program and install it by clicking next,next,next and blah, blah, blah. You go to the web and search for the particular software’s website from where you could download it from. On Windows, you have multiple "keep me up-to-date" task tray apps fighting for resources and many, many programs that you will have to update yourself.What comes first on your mind when you install a fresh copy of windows or linux on your PC or even when you buy a new computer? You all first think of downloading and installing the latest and most popular softwares for your operating system. Here is one point that you forgot: What about updates? On Linux, you have one source for everything and one system update manager that knows about all your packages. This is horrible nonsense on Windows and on Linux, how difficult is aptitude purge package? Not much I would say. And on Windows, a package is never self contained because any kind of program heavily depends on the system libraries. The package knows what it needs and the package manager knows how to get any dependencies. You don't have dependency problems with Linux packages. That would heavily depend on the program. I want to have both alternatives, but I assume there must be a serious problem with this single setup approach, but I cannot see it. Note that I do not dismiss package management, So why is there no standard Setup format for Linux which I can download, run and it just has all dependencies I need and they will be installed in a single folder? You just can move it, remove it, install an lder version next to it. XAMPP on windows installs a fixed Version of apache php mysql perl and other tools in a single folder. The only problem I see is harddisk space, but today this is negligible. simple removement: just delete the folder.No dependency problems, as the package has everything it needs.You can install painlessly multiple versions of same program. However, on desktop machines I think it would be much easier for Unix beginners to install complete setups like windows setups (the famous setup.exe). I fully understand for what purpose I need a package-management system like yum or apt:
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