Questions tagged [software-distribution]
Questions about distributing software for multiple different OS releases, including creating installers. See instead /packaging for creating packages for one distro's package manager. See /software-installation for installing software distributed by someone else.
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How can I alter apt-add-repository to support other Debian-based distributions?
I'm using a Debian-based OS distribution (Devuan, to be specific). I'm trying to use the apt-add-repository Python-based program, which is part of the software-properties-common package.
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Where do I find the fingerprints gpg keys used to sign Linux Mint software?
Where do I find the fingerprints of the gpg keys used to sign
the ISO images of the Linux Mint?
Linux Mint packages?
I would like to find a place where I can download them using a secured method (...
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Flatpak install freezes when downloading resource. Can I find source URL to download file manually from browser?
I am trying to update the Gnome Web (org.gnome.Epiphany) flatpak, on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (on WSL2). One specific resource, "org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" always freezes when downloading. ...
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About License under software manager
I use linux mint 21.3 Cinnamon Edition. I see in the software manager under licence, where it say changing is not allowed. what is the meaning of it? Please tell me. (Everyone is permitted to copy ...
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Linux based Operating System (distribution) for python, Maxima, C programming and jupyter notebook
We are fairly new to Linux. We are looking for Suitable Linux based Operating System (distribution) for python, Maxima (computer algebra system), c programming and jupyter notebook. We want to install ...
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Looking for a protected update mechanism for software on a linux-based virtual machine
We use a Linux-based virtual machine with internally developed applications in a cross-organizational area with many different users. The applications and updates are not publicly available, but are ...
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Can we convert a Linux distribution to another by simply copying the set of applications?
If Linux distributions differ by the set of applications, then is it possible to convert one Linux distribution to another by simply copying the apps of that distribution to the target distribution?
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Cross Distro way of creating a service user and group?
On Debian/Ubuntu systems I can use the following line to create a user and group named "dv" just for usage on a daemon service (systemd). No SSH login, no password, no home directory etc:
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Cross-distro way to determine where Nginx config is at
I'm developing a project that ideally should work on any Linux distribution or FreeBSD with minimal manual effort to install, without having to be packaged in each distribution's repository. It ...
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Debian packages for continuous deployment
I would like to use Debian packages to deploy software (a web application) to a Debian-based server. For reasons beyond the scope of this question we cannot use Docker (or a PaaS such as Heroku) to ...
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Tar multiple files in a custom way?
I faced a problem of building a tarball for my application manually to prepare a distribution. My project structure looks as
project_root
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|__resources
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How to distribute deb package to be able to install updates from code
I've made a deb package which contains binaries of my software. Also I've made a repo and configured it so user can install updates using sudo apt-get update mypackage && sudo apt-get install ...
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Command to yield just the linux distribution name only [duplicate]
Suppose I have a set of pre-requisites I need to install for any of a number of linux distributions. In this case, I'd need to switch my install expression against the distribution.
I am aware of ...
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Automatic module signing for distribution in Linux
I'm new to writing Linux modules (drivers) and digital signatures, so please correct me if any of my understanding is incorrect.
When I run make modules_install on my module, I get the following ...
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Packaging library distribution
I'm working on some shared library and now stuck with the problem that some software refused to pick the newer version, but some has to use the latest since it has some crucial changes. So I need to ...
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