> Is it that impossible to have an application or utility that has all the > steps on a visual interface? I can't imagine so, I remember being able to > make simple enough batch files in MS-DOS in the late eighties, these files > could handle batch jobs such as Formatting, labeling and copying certain > files. Of course it is possible that I am completely off base here, but > isn't the process for installing software under linux (compiling, > installing and 'make clean') really a batch process? Unfortunetly thats what the RPM was supposed to do. (sigh) But there is hope, more and more source distributed software is getting batched. I think the problem is really with who develops this stuff. The people writing the software think "./configure --prefix=/opt/bloadware --sysconfig=/etc; CC_OPTS=-I/home/person/include make all test install" is just as easy as clicking on a box that does it all for you. They are programmers, so this is what they do all day. Many times it just takes someone else that knows how to batch things together in an intelegent way to put together an installer. But as most Linux projects are low budget (ie- student in dorm working for free) this isnt likely to happen for many applications. But hey, winex has a decent install script... just give it time. Jay