Re: Add a PPA for releases in Linux .deb format?
Posted by Lisandro D. N. Pérez Meyer on Oct 10, 2011; 4:40pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Add-a-PPA-for-releases-in-Linux-deb-format-tp4888776p4888810.html
On Lun 10 Oct 2011 13:30:13 usted escribió:
> Hello,
>
> The options on the LibreCAD website for downloading in .deb format for
> Linux seem to be:
>
> [1]. Download from the Ubuntu repositories, which are updated every 6
> months.
> [2]. Download a daily development build.
> [3]. Download from Debian unstable (Debian Sid), which presently has
> 1.0.0rc1, whereas the Windows and MacOS X folders on SourceForge have
> 1.0.0rc3.
> [4]. Download an RPM and use the "alien" utility to convert to .deb
> format.
>
> Would it be possible to add a PPA (maybe ppa:librecad-dev/librecad-releases
> or similar) that gets a new .deb package each time a LibreCAD version is
> released in Windows, MacOS X, and RPM formats?
>
> This would be more up-to-date than [1] and [3], yet more stable (for
> non-developers) than [2], and has two advantages over [4] for .deb users:
> the "alien" step wouldn't be needed, plus users would be automatically
> notified of new releases.Debian (and thus Ubuntu) packages are a little behind schedule due to some
licensing problems. We are working on it, and please be sure that once we fix
them we will do our best to stay up-to-date.
Kinds regards, Lisandro.
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URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Add-a-PPA-for-releases-in-Linux-deb-format-tp4888776p4888810.html
On Lun 10 Oct 2011 13:30:13 usted escribió:
> Hello,
>
> The options on the LibreCAD website for downloading in .deb format for
> Linux seem to be:
>
> [1]. Download from the Ubuntu repositories, which are updated every 6
> months.
> [2]. Download a daily development build.
> [3]. Download from Debian unstable (Debian Sid), which presently has
> 1.0.0rc1, whereas the Windows and MacOS X folders on SourceForge have
> 1.0.0rc3.
> [4]. Download an RPM and use the "alien" utility to convert to .deb
> format.
>
> Would it be possible to add a PPA (maybe ppa:librecad-dev/librecad-releases
> or similar) that gets a new .deb package each time a LibreCAD version is
> released in Windows, MacOS X, and RPM formats?
>
> This would be more up-to-date than [1] and [3], yet more stable (for
> non-developers) than [2], and has two advantages over [4] for .deb users:
> the "alien" step wouldn't be needed, plus users would be automatically
> notified of new releases.
licensing problems. We are working on it, and please be sure that once we fix
them we will do our best to stay up-to-date.
Kinds regards, Lisandro.
--
Los comentarios o respuestas sobre SL en tono absolutista solo hacen aparecer
a la comunidad SL como una sarta de fanáticos que viven dentro de un
tupperware.
Pablo Di Noto - GrULiC
Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
http://perezmeyer.com.ar/
http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/
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