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From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ubuntu with Gentoo somehow...
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:54:12
Message-Id: CAOdo=SzLg8i9pOe5wBMk=ZiGKoPYf68yyxGZKDdKhYcO0-tzOQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Ubuntu with Gentoo somehow... by tuxic@posteo.de
1 On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:36 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 03/25 10:02, Tom H wrote:
3 >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:47 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
4 >>
5 >>
6 >>> is there a way to download the archive (or how is it called in the
7 >>> world of Ubuntu ?) of a program, from which I only know the apt-get
8 >>> and apt-install commands?
9 >>
10 >> A "deb" file, which you can expand with "ar" (no need to install "dpkg").
11 >>
12 >>
13 >>> And how can I do the same for a developer release of that program when
14 >>> I additionally know the ppa (whatever that is...?)
15 >>
16 >> I'll use systemd because I used the Ubuntu maintainer's systemd ppa
17 >> two or three years ago and I still have that url bookmarked.
18 >>
19 >> To get the regular systemd deb:
20 >>
21 >> http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/systemd/
22 >>
23 >> [ I've chosen the "de" repository given your email address. ]
24 >>
25 >> To get the ppa systemd deb (the ppa is called "pitti/systemd"):
26 >>
27 >> http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/systemd/ubuntu/
28 >>
29 >>
30 >>> I onlu need the archives of the complete program. Like Blender the
31 >>> archive is "all inclusive" ... :
32 >>
33 >> Make sure that the source package isn't split up into more than one
34 >> deb. If you look at the systemd example above, you'll find many
35 >> "lib..." debs as well as "systemd..." and "udev..." debs.
36 >>
37 >>
38 >>
39 >>
40 >> Rather than grabbing a "deb", unpacking it, and dropping its
41 >> components into "/usr/local/", you might want to look into using
42 >> Ubuntu's snap that allows you to install self-contained applications
43 >> in the same way that Android and iOS do.
44 >>
45 >> [ I have no idea whether snap is available on Gentoo or whether your
46 >> app is packaged as a snap. ]
47 >
48 > thanks for your help !!! :)
49
50 You're welcome.
51
52 JIC, for snap, there's no Gentoo "upstream" package but there is:
53
54 https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install-gentoo