From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.kpn.nl:119 From: ldries46 Subject: Installation procedures Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:01:31 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: nl Message-ID: Organization: KPN B.V. Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!feed.abavia.com!abe001.abavia.com!abp001.abavia.com!news.kpn.nl!not-for-mail Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:01:32 +0200 Injection-Info: news.kpn.nl; mail-complaints-to="abuse@kpn.com" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62553 List-Id: Reading Newsgroups and forums I often encounter problems with installation procedures. a Lot of these problems are as I  see it caused by the fact that you must read a description how to work and not understanding it. In most cases it is a better way to guide people via questions thru the proces. Let me give an example: In windows you can install your Ada GPS compiler and debugging environment by one comment and answering a number of questions. The answers on those questions are stored and used where needed. On Ubuntu I have to use several command of which I don't know which is doing what. The result is that have not yet been able to install the same program without the help of an linux expert. The reason for having the compiler on both systems is for making sure I write code that works on both operating systems and that I did not write code that uses operating system specific functions in my program on one side and when needed I can write operating system specific packages wirh the same names and adressable variables, functions or procedures i have to use operating system specific functions.