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It's really just: 1. apt-get install some deps 2. get the source 3. call make a few different ways 4. run the binary Really not that complicated. If you wante
by aftbit 5y ago
It's really just:
1. apt-get install some deps
2. get the source
3. call make a few different ways
4. run the binary
Really not that complicated. If you wanted to, you could make a flatpak, docker container, appimage, snap, deb, rpm, or whatever for your OS in a few minutes and save everyone else the install.
- criddell 5y agoThat's still kind of nuts when you compare it to how you install application on the other major desktop operating systems.
- 10000truths 5y agoIt’s not the OS’s fault that the developer’s application is hard to run out-of-the-box. If the developer wanted to make it easy, he could just build a .deb, host it on his own PPA and ask people to install it with apt-get.
- perl4ever 5y agoMy idea of a simple intuitive process is ./configure; make; make install. Is that deprecated for some reason these days?