[arch-general] Bad Idea?

[Ty John (sand_man)]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:23:49 -0500
Carlos Mennens <carloswill at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it a bad idea to install nVidia display drivers manually by
> downloading them from nvidia.com and installing it by hand...or should
> I use 'Pacman'? I read that I could mess up my system by manually
> installing packages and should always use Pacman.
> 
> Thoughts / Suggestions?
> 
> -Carlos
> 

More importantly, what is your reason for not using pacman?