rpm in a nutshell

Redhat Package Manager in a nutshell:

"I won't install this package because, despite the fact that your system has all of the dependencies installed, I'm going to be a bitch about it and tell you none of these dependencies were found, and not install unless you use --nodeps.  But then I'll lol at you when it turns out there was, in fact, at least ONE dependency missing, but you can suck my electronic silicon balls before I ever tell you which one it was!  Ha ha ha ha!"

>>1
Truth.

aptitude or GTFO

>>3
Intelligence or GTFO

it's dpkg! apt is just a frontend.

Package managers are Linux' second biggest failure after its first failure which gave rise to the need for them: the FHS.

>>5
The duplication of work between _two_ desktop environments is way up there too.

You don't have to use RPM. There's an ebuild to Opera, which drops it to /opt.

www.opera.com

>>5
Allowing programs to write in their own installation directories is Windows biggest failure and security flaw after its first failure which gave rise to the need for it: DOS

the concept of 'programs' is computing's biggest failure

turning into a drm-ridden tv-like idiot box is computing's biggest failure