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I created a script for installing Linux apps from their official sources (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I created a script that always installs apps from their official source

https://github.com/Tsu-gu/appfetch/

It's a proof of concept of an idea I had a while ago. I dislike having to hunt down apps for my Linux machine when I want them from an official source. Some apps are packages as tarballs, some as .debs, some as install scripts that download a binary, some are flatpaks and snaps.

I created a yaml file with only verified apps from flathub and snapcraft, and added a few apps outside of them that I could think of.

The ultimate goal is the user just typing the names of what they want, and the script will just get it. They shouldn't waste time with picking the right source.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Some apps are packages as tarballs, some as .debs, some as install scripts that download a binary, some are flatpaks and snaps.

tarballs - heckle the devs to make a proper package
debs - this is a package, but its format makes it weak
flatpaks - discard this unvalidatable crap
snaps - discard this unvalidatable crap

just

sus.

typing the names of what they want, and the script will just get it.

apt-get install <some app> (thank you, Conectiva)

This is how it should be. This is how it was. The sooner we leave this swamp of quicksand packaging, the better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I like the separation between system packages and apps. A random system library being out of date doesn't matter to me as long as it receives security patches. But I will not use out of date GUI apps when I don't have to.