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>apt/yum/pacman repositories for Linux Major kudos to these guys for distributing their software properly on Linux!

by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago

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diminish 9y ago
I second this. It's one of the rare non-default apps I'm installing on by Linux workstations!
teamhappy 9y ago
Let me rephrase that. Major kudos to these guys for enduring distributing their software properly on Linux!
- gkya 9y ago
  It's easy to write a PKGBUILD for Arch, and IDK RPM but writing a Debian package is not that hard too, I've written a .deb that installs all the software I use on Ubuntu Gnome and it's just a directory and two or three files. Its docs could use a bit of help though, the Debian handbook is sometimes very superficial.
  - gcp 9y ago
    Well, offering a repo is yet another step further than just putting a .deb on the website.
  - mattl 9y ago
    Would you share how you made that deb? Sounds useful.
    - gkya 9y ago
      I just made a blog post on this: http://www.gkayaalp.com/deb.html http://www.gkayaalp.com/deb.html
      - mattl 9y ago
        Thanks.
  - hexmiles 9y ago
    i think the hard part is maintaining it more than creating it. Library dependency and testing. There is a lot more than just creating a package.
- favadi 9y ago
  In the past few months, I see some popular linux softwares started to using AppImage (https://appimage.org/ https://appimage.org/) to distribute prebuilt binary. Not sure if it is a good option for SublimeText.
  - Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
    I'm not a big fan of AppImage. It takes everything good about static linking and then fucks it all up.
  - catwell 9y ago
    That's what electro-build does by default. It's a terrible solution for end users, because it results in huge bloated statically-linked images, but at least it works everywhere. I do prefer what Sublime Text is doing here though. Kudos to them, it's a lot of work.
- AsyncAwait 9y ago
  I vastly prefer it to hunting for executables on websites, thank you. And there isn't that many relevant distress to target, especially with things like Flatpack etc.
mlcdf 9y ago
It reminds me that Atom still does have an official repository...
- mlcdf 9y ago
  doesn't* --'
  - andrepd 9y ago
    You can edit your post instead of replying with a correction.
    - AceJohnny2 9y ago
      Only within a 1h (or so?) window.
AsyncAwait 9y ago
I agree, too many just ship a deb or a simple archive, which is not the best update experience for non-Ubuntu users, even if i.e. the AUR solves most of the pain.

>apt/yum/pacman repositories for Linux Major kudos to these guys for distributing their software properly on Linux!

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diminish 9y ago

I second this. It's one of the rare non-default apps I'm installing on by Linux workstations!

teamhappy 9y ago

Let me rephrase that. Major kudos to these guys for enduring distributing their software properly on Linux!

gkya 9y ago
It's easy to write a PKGBUILD for Arch, and IDK RPM but writing a Debian package is not that hard too, I've written a .deb that installs all the software I use on Ubuntu Gnome and it's just a directory and two or three files. Its docs could use a bit of help though, the Debian handbook is sometimes very superficial.
- gcp 9y ago
  Well, offering a repo is yet another step further than just putting a .deb on the website.
- mattl 9y ago
  Would you share how you made that deb? Sounds useful.
  - gkya 9y ago
    I just made a blog post on this: http://www.gkayaalp.com/deb.html http://www.gkayaalp.com/deb.html
    - mattl 9y ago
      Thanks.
- hexmiles 9y ago
  i think the hard part is maintaining it more than creating it. Library dependency and testing. There is a lot more than just creating a package.
favadi 9y ago
In the past few months, I see some popular linux softwares started to using AppImage (https://appimage.org/ https://appimage.org/) to distribute prebuilt binary. Not sure if it is a good option for SublimeText.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
  I'm not a big fan of AppImage. It takes everything good about static linking and then fucks it all up.
- catwell 9y ago
  That's what electro-build does by default. It's a terrible solution for end users, because it results in huge bloated statically-linked images, but at least it works everywhere. I do prefer what Sublime Text is doing here though. Kudos to them, it's a lot of work.
AsyncAwait 9y ago
I vastly prefer it to hunting for executables on websites, thank you. And there isn't that many relevant distress to target, especially with things like Flatpack etc.

mlcdf 9y ago

It reminds me that Atom still does have an official repository...

mlcdf 9y ago
doesn't* --'
- andrepd 9y ago
  You can edit your post instead of replying with a correction.
  - AceJohnny2 9y ago
    Only within a 1h (or so?) window.

AsyncAwait 9y ago

I agree, too many just ship a deb or a simple archive, which is not the best update experience for non-Ubuntu users, even if i.e. the AUR solves most of the pain.