Re: [LUG] Grism.org

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:17:26 +0000
> Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > Okay, what you need to do is go to the Grism web site, select the 
> > Download option and then click on:
> >
> > grism_0.9.0-1_all.deb
> >     
>
> Please don't do that.
>
> Random .debs from random websites are as dangerous as any virus in
> windows and will likely cause long term havoc in your wider
> installation, including blocking future updates and upgrades, even
> security ones.
>
>   
The other option I guess is he could compile from source.  It doesn't 
appear to be in the Ubuntu repositories, at least not in the main 
repositories.

Rob



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