Nbsp and Npemwin are developed in parallel and share many design characteristics, features and code. Each one is a tightly integrated system that requires many files properly configured to work correctly.
The installation from the packages configure everything properly, leaving many things as optional features based on a consistent state of the default configuration. On the other hand, installation from the sources is not straightforward and will generally result in many inconsistencies. Moreover, typically, fixing one inconsistency in an ad-hoc way will lead to another, and in the long run all will be blamed on bugs and the quality of the software.
Nbsp and Npemwin are professionally developed high quality systems, that rival the functionality of propietary and closed counterparts. To maintain that standard, installation from the sources is not supported. In the case of package installations, we ensure that the software will perform as advertised and we will do anything to fix it otherwise.
We used to create and distribute routinely the bsd and rpm packages for nbsp and npemwin, as well as packages of other programs that can be used with them, for the latest version of the Fedora Core distribution of Linux, and the latest version of FreeBSD, for both i386 and amd64/x86_64 platforms. We are no longer able to continue that trend due to the cost of maintaining the computers and infrastructure required for development and testing all four versions of all the packages.
We create and distribute the base packages of nbsp and npemwin, as well as the companion software that can be used with them, for the latest version of FreeBSD. We will make a similar effort with CentOS linux. The corresponding packages for other distributions and/or operating systems, installation support and custom configurations, are available for a modest fee.
For more information contact
nieves at volkron.com