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On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Sunday, March 25, 2018, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> is there a way to download the archive (or how is it called in the |
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>>> world of Ubuntu ?) of a program, from which I only know the |
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>>> apt-get and apt-install commands? |
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>>> And how can I do the same for a developer release of that program |
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>>> when I additionally know the ppa (whatever that is...?) |
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>> I've never had this be easy enough I'd want to do it. Is it possible now? |
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>> I.e. grabbing all deps wouldn't be necessary if Gentoo's library versions |
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>> match the .deb's. |
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> This could just be a language barrier issue, but it isn't entirely |
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> clear to me what the question is, and whether it has been answered. |
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> The original question doesn't seem to have anything to do with Gentoo, |
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> so I'm not sure why we're talking about "Gentoo's library versions." |
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> If the intent really was to ask how to fetch ubuntu packages for use |
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> with ubuntu then it would probably make more sense to ask about it on |
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> an Ubuntu list/forum/etc. |
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> If this is a Gentoo question and the submitter is just unfamiliar with |
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> Gentoo and is using Ubuntu terminology that is fine, but I think it |
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> would be helpful to have a bit more clarification, such as what the |
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> end goal is. Are we asking for tarballs of sources (distfiles)? Are |
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> we asking for binary packages? Is this a question about generating |
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> ebuilds for versions not in the main repo? Is this about how to get a |
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> .deb made for Ubuntu working on Gentoo? |
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> I think everybody is trying to be helpful, but is interpreting the |
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> question differently. Perhaps the original submitter already got the |
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> answer they're looking for, which is fine. |
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Well, yes - I think the question as asked has been answered, but I'm |
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trying to figure out what he was doing. I did assume he was going to |
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be using the packages with Gentoo somehow, just based on the mailing |
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list he used. |
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