On Saturday 18 October 2008 18:59, sm wrote:

Hello,

I just installed the SUSE 11.0 from the download DVD, and now updates..... I was trying to download BLENDER from the DVD, but then it tells me I need a bunch of there programs...

I am confused...How come it isn't as easy as installing a PACKAGE?

Many packages, especially those for complex applications, are not self-contained. They rely on other packages, often libraries and sometimes other applications or commands. Were it not so, there would be tremendous duplication of contents between packages and the size of any given installation would be many times larger than it is when shared resources are used. The flip side of this advantage is that an application with this sort of dependency on other packages often must be built for a specific version of (each of) those dependent packages.

I have tried to download .deb files only to find that they decompress on the desktop and do nothing...

openSUSE is what is called an "RPM-based" distribution. The package system it uses is based on the so-called Redhat Package Manager (as are many non-Redhat distributions). Debian has its own packaging scheme and it is completely incompatible with openSUSE. No Debian package (".deb") will work on a stock openSUSE system.

why all these extra steps? is this supposed to be better than OSX or WINDOWS?

Realistically, if you use YaST's package management capabilities, the dependencies are handled for you. The only thing you have to worry about is when all the dependencies cannot be fulfilled, which happens only when packages are not built correctly (say, because the person who built them is not skilled at packaging or when they were built for a different distribution or version entirely). If you use the packages supplied by Novell / openSUSE or through the openSUSE Build Service, this usually isn't an issue.

Well, safer than Windows I hope...

I am scared now to install all these gizmos and gadgets.....other programs.....in the UPDATE list...

WHICH ones do I really need ?

What you need is up to you. Pick the applications you want to run and install the required dependent packages and don't try to second-guess those dependencies. After all, if you're going to do video work, you're going be using only a tiny fraction of your disk storage for the operating system and applications, so why scrimp?

and which ones are for the BASIC BARE BONES COMPOSITING WORKSTATION?

I think the notion that a video compositing workstation can be "bare-bones" verges on the self-contradictory.

I wish to run GRAPHICS COMPOSITING for MOTION PICTURES On this....and I have heard COMBUSTION (AutoDesk) runs on LINUX, as do other programs such as MAYA...

My goal for LINUX is to get the BASE system...OSX is heavy...and WINDOWS is unbearable....

In the end, you'll have just as much software installed on a Linux workstation that can accomplish any particular complex application, say video editing and compositing, as you would getting same functionality on one of the other common consumer desktop systems.

Can anyone out there lend a super tip to a FILMMAKER just wanting to learn the BASIC LINUX rules for these INSTALLS ? which do you need vs. what is an option...

I don't know what's available for video editing under Linux, but I'm not sure you're going to be successfull if you don't want to learn about the system you're using. If that's what you want, then perhaps some dedicated video production system is more suitable for you.

thanks so much...

any other COMPOSITORS would be honored by my gratitude! If you were to scoop me up in this LINUX HEAVEN LIMBO..

thanks!

singleton

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