Why version() ?

[Daniel Keep]

BCS wrote:
> Hello Walter,
> 
>> BCS wrote:
>>
>>> Reply to Walter,
>>>
>>>> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You should probably distribute meld with DMD then ;)
>>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install meld
>>>>
>>>> isn't that hard <g>.
>>>>
>>> doesn't work unless you have apt-get working, doesn't work unless you
>>> have a net connection, doesn't work if you don't have root... OTOH a
>>> tarball doesn't work on any other platform, but then again nether
>>> does DMD.
>>>
>> You can't download dmd.zip without a net connection, either!
>>
> 
> last I checked you cant use apt-get over sneeker net.

`wget $URL_OF_PACKAGE` to download it, and (I believe; it's been a while
since I did this...) `dpkg -i $PACKAGE_FILE` to install it.

That, or you can apt-get on one machine, look at what it downloads and
installs, and copy the cached .debs to another machine.  :)

  -- Daniel