On 05/23/2015 02:37 PM, Dalios wrote:
First , openyoudao is an open source project on the github! The designer says we can use ppa to install it!On 05/23/2015 08:58 AM, mudongliang wrote:Yesterday I installed the LMDE(Linux Mint based Debian Jessie),which is a rolling release issued by Linux Mint! The installation is of no question! But when I want to install openyoudao from ppa , it returns me "not support ppa"! So I search it ! Although I don't find some real proof , but I can see one thing ! Maybe debian will not support ppa , because in the talk of Neil McGovern, he says some weakness of ppa! And from the development of Debian , ppa's development seems to be not able to ensure its stablity! What's your opinion? mudongliangI don't know what openyoudao is but when running Debian it is highly
Second , I run Debian Jessie on my desktop! It can install software from ppa! I forget to note it! I'm sorry!recommended not to mix repositories with Ubuntu or other linux distributions. In your case you are not even running Debian but only Debian based Mint (as far as I know though LMDE is Debian compatible in the repository level).
At last , I want to talk about the future of ppa in Debian! Even the leader has said the weakness of ppa! Maybe Debian will not use ppa!That said you can try to install the .deb package with other ways (for example using gdebi) but the main drawback (apart from any inconsistencies already mentioned) is that the package won't be updated with the rest of the system because apt/synaptic will not be able to do this.
Maybe LMDE is just a hint! Isn't it!? mudongliang
Regards Dalios