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i hate that it's very often like this (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by nekothegamer to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 66 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Nothing Distrobox can't fix. I can run AUR, RPM, and even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system.

It's probably already in your default repos too.

[–] nekothegamer 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system.

FUCK i understand now! the software i wanted to install had a .deb but its website said it was for ubuntu 20.04, no wonder it didn't work on a debian container!

i'll try this RIGHT NOW, hope it works!

[–] nekothegamer 4 points 10 months ago

it didn't work, but i soon found out by looking at it's entry on the AUR that the package is itself broken, not the distro environment it's supposed to be installed on

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's seriously frustrating. I had this happen just last night, but fortunately I was able to get the app I needed another way.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This shit is crazy thanks for letting me know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How does distro box do with more complicated gui based applications?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yup. Should work fine. I know some people use this to get Divinci Resolve to work on Ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The only thing I've had problems with is a VPN

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What about Cisco packet tracer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's worth a shot!