FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: packaging system

["Matt Verran" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

QNX package manager is excellent for lazy users like myself, and I 
would think it is good for newbie users too!

> Has anyone tried QNX RTOS?
> It propably has the best packge system existing...
> 
> "There is a great application called the "Package Manager". It allows 
> to
> install in a very efficient way a new software; be it a new driver or 
> any
> Qnx software. I checked if I could compile any C program entering a 
> "cc"
> command in a terminal and Qnx said: /bin/sh: cc: not found
> 
> Ok no problem, so I used the Package Manager to install it from the 
> CD (if
> you don't have it, you can download/install it from the Qnx site). I 
> have
> chosen the C compiler, then I hit the "Install" button and the CDROM 
> led
> went green and immediately switched off again. I thought something 
> went
> wrong but I tried to enter the "cc" command again and ... the C 
> compiler was
> there waiting a C source to compile ! No "make" command to use, no
> configuration file to edit, no install script to run and it was 
> there,
> installed, ready for use. Incredible ! "