Why isn't everyone compiling wine

[eternal]

you remove something you have had to compile with `make deinstall' from
the directory that the Makefile is in.

On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 06:21, Kristiaan Lenaerts wrote:
> Hi
> 
> My guess is that a lot of people are afraid of compiling. I have to 
> admit I did the same when I just started using linux, having to learn 
> how to install a program, using a package-manager... I was afraid of 
> using self-compiled things, because I had no idea how to uninstall it if 
> it did't work. Working with packages gives *some* comfort, because 
> that's easy to use, and that's the way the system installed itself (and 
> updates itself).
> 
> Also, not knowing where programs go after they are compiled, what all 
> those "/usr/lib /usr/bin ..." dirs are, what has to go where... It is so 
> comfusing at first, that I can imagine that most people (I did) just use 
> the package manager, it just works (most of the time).
> 
> But I do agree, since I started compiling wine (gentoo - now using the 
> cvs), a lot of things just worked that didn't before. Now, it is well 
> possible that has more to do with the version of wine, than actually 
> compiling it yourself, but the packages are outdated most of the time...
> 
> just my experience...
> 
> Krist
> 
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