Building software from source. It depends on the program, of course, but most of the time it’s quick and easy. Just download a folder, type in a couple commands, and you’re done.
Much more often, different versions of software dependencies, operating system differences, artifacts left by other software/previous versions, etc, result in mysterious errors. 5 hours of rabbitholes later, I find a comment on github explaining that x broke y and they’ll fix it in the next release… 7 years ago. At which point I throw my computer out the window and leave to live the rest of my life in the forest.
Building software from source. It depends on the program, of course, but most of the time it’s quick and easy. Just download a folder, type in a couple commands, and you’re done.
I recall it being hard 10-15 years ago. Maybe I was just a young little linux n00b and I’ve gotten better but it doesn’t seem hard now
This has almost never been my experience.
Much more often, different versions of software dependencies, operating system differences, artifacts left by other software/previous versions, etc, result in mysterious errors. 5 hours of rabbitholes later, I find a comment on github explaining that x broke y and they’ll fix it in the next release… 7 years ago. At which point I throw my computer out the window and leave to live the rest of my life in the forest.
That sounds frustrating. I’m sorry.