[aclug-L] Re: Software?

[Cheez-Czar <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

You left of the best source of open-source, free-software, linux projects
- freshmeat.net

They have 11 IDE's listed http://freshmeat.net/browse/65/


On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Benjamin F. Bunck wrote:

> 
> 
> If you know what your looking for, 
> 
> www.sourceforge.net
> www.rpmfind.net
> ( especially http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ )
> 
> are great places to look for the newest releases of a variety of Linux 
> software.
> 
> Also, most linux distrobutions have mirror sites for the official 
> releases...so you can download individual packages that may not be on your 
> install cd's.
> 
> A good mirror site for several major distrobutions is:
> 
> ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/
> 
> If you use redhat, go to www.redhat.com/download/.  Click on the "advanced 
> search" option, and then make sure "file names" is selected.  This will allow 
> you to look for rpm's that contain a given file.  This is particularly useful 
> for when you try to install an rpm, and you get a message like "<package> 
> needs libstd******" .  You simply put the missing file into the search, and 
> the search result includes a link to download the required package.  Very 
> handy.
> 
> Hope this helps some
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday 22 June 2001 07:21 am, you wrote:
> > Someone suggested that I look into "IDE's" (Integrated Development
> > Environments) for my programming stuff. I did and I found an intriguing one
> > called KDevelop. Unfortunately, it requires KDE 2.x.
> >
> > So, I've been trying to d/l that program, but I haven't been too
> > successful. Oh I've been getting the various .rpm files, of course. It's
> > just that when I try to run them and install them, they say that they need
> > this or that module first.
> >
> > I then try to look up that module on http://www.linux.org 's applications
> > search engine. Unfortunately, I am generally unsuccessful in finding the
> > file I need.
> >
> > Therefore, is there a site in Linux with all the software for download? Or
> > at least an index of mirrors? Something in the line of
> > http://www.download.com ?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > BCH
> >
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> > University of Kansas School of Medicine
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