smith847be |
03-06-2004 11:43 PM |
Another advantage: speed. Apt-get does not need to compile/configure/whatever. The ./configure script is replaced with reading debconf and seeing what is installed in what version with what options (takes about 1/20 of the time as the ./configure scripts that I've seen). Make is replaced with (semi-)binaries that are designed to be compatible with any machine in each architecture (tons and tons faster). Make install is replaced with dpkg's copy-paste of appropriate files (maybe slightly faster). But the biggest advantage is, as HappyTux said, auto-updating. And if you have to use the ./configure, make, make install, then you can apt-get the source, which gives you all the advantages of regular apt-get except the speed.
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