[ug-bosug] Can I use the blastwave packages on Belenix 0.4.3a ?

[Sriram Narayanan]

On 5/25/06, ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ್.ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್(Narendra Kumar.S.S)
<ssnkumar at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can never really tell.
> It depends on the dependencies.
>
> If you use pkg-get utility to install a particular utility from blastwave,
> it automatically installs all the dependecies also!
> So, if the dependency list is huge, it is going to cost you that much.
>
> Anyway, without fulfilling those dependencies, you won't be able to install
> the utility.
>
> And blastwave is not going to install in the standard /usr or /usr/local. It
> will install in /opt/csw.
> I think, it is configurable.
>
Thanks. Moinak had written some time earlier that the Blastwave tools
have their own dependency tracking, and that they download stuff even
if it's already existing on the box They must have their reasons, I'm
sure :)

I'd rather now go install anything yet, at least until I resize my
partitions again and reduce space for Gentoo on my laptop.

> Regards,
> Narendra
>
>

-- Ram