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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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superfile - A pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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[–] moog@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Yeah I hear that. I will say aptitude made my life a lot easier in terms of installing things with its recommended fixes. Also good software documentation should have a "Getting Started" section that gives you step by step instructions for each OS/Distro of how to install it. If it doesn't... Well maybe that software isn't worth installing anyway 🤷‍♂️

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I mean there's that, but it's a lot of work for a dev too.

I would rather Linux just be able to detect what's missing and install it for me. In the case of a lot of missing components, what it says is missing will be named completely different from the package you need to install which makes it really hard.

It was always nice with windows installers because they would come with the needed components, or windows would just prompt to install them automatically.

I guess that's essentially what Flatpak solves!

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There are two specific problems I see here for the mentioned binaries.

The software is packaged as a generic archive, no format like rpm or deb the system package manager could/does handle. Thus, the package manager of your system does neither know that you've installed this binary nor what it depends on. The developer could have at least mentioned on which exact system the Linux binaries are supposed to work, e.g. Ubuntu 22.04, so that the user knows, that they might have issues running it on a different system.
The developer could have built and packed it in a way that it can be installed by the package manager of a specific distribution. Launchpad or OBS are made for this purpose. The other option, wrapping it as a flatpak, works too, but may bloat the system of the user as different versions of the same libraries are installed (system generic + flatpak version).

Nonetheless, as a Linux user, you are encouraged to build directly from source.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

Nonetheless, as a Linux user, you are encouraged to build directly from source.

Yeah screw that lol, I want my OS to just work and be easy to use with minimal fuss.

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