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I wish there was a right click install button for deb files (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know it's not that hard $ dpkg -i but opening the terminal gives normies an aneurysm and thanks to the crazy gatekeeping gen alpha doesn't know what a file type is now.

I use Ubuntu btw. Personally, the App store's on Linux confused me a ton, setting up Flatpak and some other package repositories. I much preferred the windows way, shocker, with just downloading and double-click the exe file.

Do I have to make a pull request myself to get this done, or what is the debate on this?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

the monkey's paw curls a finger and your wish is granted

you can now right click and select install. But it doesn't actually install properly.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It doesn't check dependencies.

You have 356 different copies of libcurl installed on your system.

Nginx, Apache and Lighttpd are all running in the background and collectively using the same port, somehow.

Wayland and X are both running with multiple sessions but none of them are on the default TTY.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

dpkg doesn't? I sometimes use apt install command but didn't think it mattered if the deb package was configured right.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

It's an embellishment on the above monkey's paw comment, not actual technical information.