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Typical package managers also can't tell you if an app bundles its own library. Whether an app runs on a flatpak runtime or directly on your host system, some r
by curt15 3y ago
Typical package managers also can't tell you if an app bundles its own library. Whether an app runs on a flatpak runtime or directly on your host system, some reliable eyeballs need to inspect the app's bill of materials.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoThe package manager can't, but the distro can. AIUI it's perfectly common for flatpaks to bundle things in, whereas ex. Debian has explicit policies against doing so (with caveats, yes, but generally).
- curt15 3y ago>The package manager can't, but the distro can. The package manager is a technology, while the distro is a set of people and policies. It's fairer to compare distros with Flathub, the most popular repository for flatpaks (although not the only one; for example, Red Hat maintains its own flatpak remote for RHEL customers). And yes, Debian likely has stricter rules than Flathub. But those don't apply to any software you might require outside the distros' repos -- just take a look at Google Chrome, probably one of the most popular DEBs or RPMs; it's full of bundled libraries.