Re: ******** Video: FOSS Superiority Versus Commercial Software **********

On 12/4/24 4:17 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 15:39:29 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:
 

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How can one install MathMod on Linux. Is there a "package" for it? If
there is, it is not at Sourceforge Github.
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Also Software Manager cannot find it. So it is not among the
repositories that come with Mint.
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 I don't know, but a quick search of RPM's finds this:
 http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=mathmod&submit=Search+...
 Apparently it is packaged for some distros.
 But you can always build from the source.  That's how I do it.
 It is quite easy:
 unpack tarball
 mkdir build && cd build
 qmake5 ../MathMod.pro
 edit Makefile (if desired)
 make
 run ./MathMod (no install necessary)
 

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You may think this is an elementary or ridiculous issue. It is not. It
is why majority people do not have Linux on their computers. That should
mean something to you or to this forum. If it doesn't, that's yet
another reason Linux is not on majority people's computers.
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 I doubt if the majority of users, even on GNU/Linux, would be
interested in mathmod.
    

Thanks I'll try that.
But before I do that:
You and Linux people do not want all computer users to have Linux on their computers. _Everybody_ (not just the majority) likes to install apps that he likes. But he cannot do that with Linux. Somebody, literally by magic, must bring a "qmake5" and "MathMod.pro" out of his ass, and tell the user that of all the crap his eyes see in that directory, he ought to pick "MathMod.pro" then show the user how to use it to install the software he wants, complete with a comment, "Oh that's easy".
And that doesn't work for people. For people, your "Winblows" beats GNU/Linux to it! You do not want Linux for people. You want it for yourself and the likes of yours. A tiny community inside people in general.
You're the reason. You're the reason you're surrounded with Winblows :)