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Old 18-06-2005, 08:40 AM   #6 (permalink)
harmax
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FIRST , welcome to the world of LINUX where u wont find setup or install files for 99.99% of the softwares.
you CAN find setup or install files for all 100% of packages at http://packages.debian.org

Head over to : http://packages.debian.org/unstable/
You will find packages for 15490 (and counting) packages under different categories. Choose the one that suites you fit. This page is neatly categorised with packages classified under meaningful categories.
by install or setup files i meant wholesome setup files that dont come with nagging dependency requests

and if am not wrong the packages u refered to works only with debian

i tried out for efax and it has something about 10 dependencies , this is the main reason that drives out new users from adopting lin

ideally installers should be like that which comes for RealPlayer or mozilla firefox, which uses a simple GUI like in win and completes the installation by placing icons on the desktop or atleast lists itself in the respective program group.
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