• Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

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

    1. 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.
    2. 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
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      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.