One of the problems with rapidly or frequently changing Linux applications, specially those of a more complex nature, is that it’s sometimes hard to come by simple binary installations (such as RPM-style packages). There are a few sites that help in this situation by providing binary kits for a number of Linux distributions.
Here are a few:
Dieter Soltau sent me the second link today; I am sure there are thousands of these, we just need to find them 🙂