On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 01:09:54AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
Russell L. Harris (12020-04-27):> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KR0AhDZF2AAs to "...opening access to [your] computer...", what do you mean? The tutorial shows how to install jitsi from a Debian package.I we are indeed referring to the same video, it tells how to add an APT source. Installing a package not from the distribution is risky because bogus dependencies could block important upgrades. Adding a source does that, and much worse: the new repository could override any system package.At this time the package is not in the Debian archive, but if you have the expertise you can create your own Debian package from the source, which is available in github.I know people, who I know are very skilled, failed to install this from source, because of pletoric dependencies and/or languages with NIH distribution schemes. So unless you did, please do not act as if it was easy. -- Nicolas George
There indeed is an element of risk in installing a package which does not come from the Debian repository. And, indeed, some packages are not in the Debian repository because of incompatibilities with other packages. And creating a Debian package truly is more difficult than is installing a package which someone else has created; I did not claim otherwise. With terms such as "bogus" and "pletoric" (sic; I presume you mean "plethoric") you are implying malice and incompetence on the part of jitsi. Do you have evidence for such accusation? Commonsense dictates that a conferencing server be run on dedicated hardware, rather than on a computer which is vital to local operations. In this day of the "smartphone", surplus computers are abundant and are priced cheaply. As I stated, by following the video, I successfully installed Jitsi on an old desktop running Debian 9 (or perhaps it was Debian 10), and I successfully used the server for video conferencing. RLH