don’t hold packages, of course that always leads to problems.
That’s what saves me from a problem, in this case.
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don’t hold packages, of course that always leads to problems.
That’s what saves me from a problem, in this case.
Both Discover and nala
are wrappers for apt
, so it really wouldn’t change anything.
It’s done and didn’t change anything, but I think I finally know why : running apt list --upgradable
reveals the one outdated package is xdg-desktop-portal
, which I used apt-mark hold
on because of an issue preventing screen capture/sharing from working that affects even the latest version.
What to do ?
Thanks
Willing to give this a go.
Alright, don’t hesitate to ask questions if you have any and request help if you need any
My go-to for getting non-repo debs automatically has been deb-get
Yes, I mentioned it in the Differences with deb-get & AM section of my tutorial.
it seems to go long periods of time between PR merges and releases (which includes adding new software)
Yeah, I could reiterate in that section that my app allows the user to add apps themselves.
My point is that I’m working a solution for end users.
The solutions you’re offering are not user-friendly.
I don’t care.
I’m and end user working for end users.
My main use case is end user desktops.
Which isn’t user-friendly.
Well, I’m just automating what people currently have to do manually : visit GitHub and download DEB and install DEB.
If the automated process would be dangerous then the manual process also would be, and that would be on the maintainer for not providing an APT repository or a Flatpak, not on the user for just downloading from GitHub.
Why the OOP structure and syntax ? Sorry but it makes it difficult to read for me even in my own language 😅
I didn’t know there was one, that’s interesting, thanks.
Updates must still be delayed because of being third-party though.
I’d be willing to implement additional features for people who are extra careful about security.
Could you please explain what does this consist in ?
Thanks
What’s a FIFO ?
I’ve also looked into VFS but found nothing I’d have the skills to implement. 😅
I’ll look into it, thanks !
Discord not automating downloads of DEBs is one of the reasons motivating me to do this.
Personally I need the desktop client because I mod it with plugins that are so useful that I can’t do without these anymore.
Alternatively, there are third-party repositories here and here.
There still is delay between Discord releases and repository updates so I still believe dynapt to be the better solution.
Thanks, and agreed !
Fortunately, copy/pasting works and you only have to do it once.
Yes it really still isn’t, that’s the thing. And it’s been a while already, so I suspect I’ll be waiting a while longer.