1 <sect1 id="ch06-introduction">
2 <title>Introduction</title>
3 <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter06"?>
5 <para>The installation of all the software is pretty straightforward and
6 you will probably think it's so much easier and shorter to give the generic
7 installation instructions for each package and only explain how to
8 install something if a certain package requires an alternate installation
9 method. Although I agree on that, I choose to give the
10 full instructions for each and every package. This is simply to avoid any
11 possible confusion and errors.</para>
13 <para>Now would be a good time to take a look at the optimization hint at <ulink
14 url="&hints-root;optimization.txt">&hints-root;optimization.txt</ulink>
15 if you plan on using compiler optimization for the packages
16 installed in the following chapter. Compiler optimization can make a program run
17 faster, but may also cause some compilation problems. If you run into problems
18 after having used optimization, always try it without optimizing to see if
19 the problem persists.</para>