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Re: Resources for an old newbie ?
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David Masterson |
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Re: Resources for an old newbie ? |
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Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:40:04 -0700 |
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Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> writes:
> One doesn't have to understand everything 100% the first time
> one does it.
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> Not that there should be that much to understand here, at
> a conceptual level. The source is downloaded, compiled, and
> installed. Isn't that pretty much it?
I just wasn't confident that installing the (large amount of)
dependencies wouldn't wind up braking something else on my system. I
used to play with this stuff a lot before retiring, but that was a long
time ago and I've slowed down. ;)
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David Masterson