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> I have to ask how often have you guys found yourself unable find a package (in your distributions package manager) for the software you want. Very often. Or
by maeln 6y ago
> I have to ask how often have you guys found yourself unable find a package (in your distributions package manager) for the software you want.
Very often. Or I just want a updated version. There is a lot of small/obscure open-source tool available on github (for example) to do X or Y. Most of them don't have a package, and if they have, it is often not really maintained and very outdated. The same apply if you need to use closed-source / not entirely open-source software.
I remember all the time I had to figure out what kind of build system the app was using, running cmake/make/some weird build sys, only to figure out that I was missing some lib, and that the repo version was not compatible so I had to also deal with dependency manually, and then figure out the different build option, ...