Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions
OK, may be an overkill.
But what happens with your solution if skype depends on libskype, which is not
available from debian's repository ?The user has to download several .debs in
order to install a single software ?
Sami Dalouche
Quoting Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>:
> Le dimanche 18 septembre 2005 à 22:47 +0200, Sami Dalouche a écrit :
> > Let's take, for example, Skype's example. It is not available in
> > non-free/universe , but some people may still be interested in downloading
> it,
> > be they linux experts or not. So what happens on a
> Debian/Ubuntu/MEPIS/whatever
> > box ? Average joe downloads the "Debian package" available on skype's
> website,
> > and clicks on it (I believe it is possible to install a deb by
> double-clicking
> > on it, right ?). Then, libqt is not installed, so it complains. End of the
> > game, "linux sucks, I can't even install skype on it".
> >
> > OK, joe should be taught to use apt-get, etc, but we are in the real world,
> so
> > it is not possible. What about the following scenario :
> >
> > - Joe downloads a .mdeb (meta-deb) package on skype's website.
> > - Joe double clicks on it, some progress bar appears
> > - Few seconds after, skype is installed, great !
>
> This is complete overkill. The only thing currently missing in your
> scenario is support in apt-get and synaptic for grabbing dependencies
> for a single binary package. E.g. "apt-get install foo.deb" or "synaptic
> foo.deb".
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