Yoni Elhanani wrote: > Noam Meltzer wrote: > > > > I had the normal d/l, it said "Version: stable <ver.>" > > Stable means you use the normal "production-quality" version, > you should expect it to work good and not have serious bugs and > problems. > An example of this is the even-numbered linux versions. > > Unstable means the beta/alpha/whatever "developer" version, > which is being developed and may have bugs in it. > Usually it is not recommended to use such version when it's critical > that it will work 100%. > An example of this would be the odd-numbered versions of the linux > kernel. > > > and I had "Binaries: <Generic, RPM, Static, FreeBSD, Debian>" > > Generic means a tarball (.tar.gz file) with the binaries. > You can easily untar it anywhere, some of these files have install > scripts. > > RPM: Redhat Package Manager, which is the de-facto standard for packages > in linux. > It is used in redhat (and redhat based distributions), caldera, suse, > and many more. > > Debian: .deb files which are the packages used in the debian > distribution. > AFAIK, Currently only debian uses them, but in the future "LaetOS" and > the Corel Distributions will use them as well. > > Static: The binaries are linked in a static fasion (whereas most > binaries you use are synamic). > The difference is that static binaries do not require the shared objects > files to run. > As a result they are bigger in size. > > FreeBSD is a UNIX variant of the BSD family. > If you wish to run a program on FreeBSD, it should be a FreeBSD > executable file. > I was told that FreeBSD can run Linux ELF executables, but I am not > sure. > > Source means that you download the source of the program, that you will > need to compile for yourself. > > > (everything between "<>" is options for d/l) > > A similar question (I think): whats glibc2 and libc2? > > Until a recent time, > many distributions used libc5, which is a library that cotains many > basic functions. > However, when RedHat 5.0 was released it used glibc, which is a GNU > implemention of this library. > (Then debian 2.0 joined, and today most distributions use glibc, also > dubbed as libc6) > The problem was that these libraries were not compatible, > so executables that were linked against glibc cannot run properly on > libc5, and vice versa. > > Most chances are that you use glibc, > so you better download the glibc version of binaries. > > If you're confused, > just download the source and compile... :-) > > -- > > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, > is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaner software... > (I was pointed out that Microsoft hardware usualy works) Hi, 1st, 10x 2nd, maybe I didn't explain my self properly. I wish to know what will be the difference between if I d/l the file of the stable or the file of the generic or the static. Noam Meltzer tsnoam@thenavy.com
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