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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 21:28:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 13:28:46 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 14:12:43 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
>> 
>>> Installing OSS is not a "complete nightmare" without a package manager
>>> *because* most software is already packaged for easy installation.
>> 
>> Including its dependencies? So if multiple packages share the same
>> dependency, you end up with multiple copies of that dependency?
> 
> Depends on the dependency, but often yes. Just like on Windows and,
> sometimes, Linux with pre-packaged/compiled software.

That’s one of the things package managers are designed to handle properly.