[nzlug] CentOS and the "joys" of rpm based systems

[Cliff Pratt]

Daniel Lawson wrote:
> 
> Debian packagers go out of their way to modularise their packages in 
> fact. You don't install "PHP" for example and get all the bells and 
> whistles. Instead you install the base PHP package (cgi, modapache, cli, 
> or any combination of the above), and then whichever modules you want as 
> separate packages.
 >
In fact that it can be quite annoying that only the base package is 
installed and you don't for example get the perl interface automatically.

Cheers,

Cliff