installing in Linux

[gusl]

After much effort, this is what I got in my attempt to install xine.


[root@localhost gustavo]# rpm -U libstdc++34-devel-3.4.0-1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++34 = 3.4.0-1 is needed by libstdc++34-devel-3.4.0-1


It seems regardless of how many packages I try to install, they always depend on something which I don't have. And even if I managed to find the right packages, it would be a pain in the ass.

Why the heck isn't this process automated? For how long am I going to be so hopeless with Linux?

Comments

or Slack + Dropline

[jozefpronek.livejournal.com]

Yes, gentoo and debian are really easy to update. Another solution, that I find excellent - after trying several different flavors of linux starting in 2000, in 2002 I found Slackware, which is much nicer than Red Hat. But the best, for me, is the combination Slackware + Dropline Gnome on top.

Dropline Gnome updates itself quite often, in a really painless way: it just downloads the updates and installs... really quickly.

Check out http://dropline.net/gnome

You will get all xine, plus totem, plus many other good packages.