How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)?

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn · 2025-07-01 11:26:14

couple of threads mentioning XLibre but this one seems less volatile so will post here:

https://bkhome.org/news/202506/xorgx11-lives-on.html

JWM-Kit · Yesterday 13:46:13

trinidad wrote:

Yikes!! There's actually no real peer to Debian packaging. I guess you mean better than itself?

I notice how you had to shorten the quote of what I said to even make your argument seem valid. I pointed out exactly how other systems allow you to create a package by creating a single simple file. All you need is a text editor.

Is creating a proper Debian package that hard? No. Is it way more complicated then most other systems? Yes. There isn't even an argument to be had here. It's obvious to anyone who has created packages for different systems. The only reason anyone would disagree with me here is 1. They have no experience creating packages, or 2. They intentionally want to be disagreeable.

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JWM-Kit · Yesterday 13:48:35

Thanks @stargate-sg1-cheyenne for the link to Barry's blog. I'm not a user of easyOS or PuppyLinux, but I do follow them because they are unique from other distros.

tux_99 · Today 01:50:42

I agree with @JWM-Kit, I find the RPM spec file format more logical and clearer structured and therefore easier to read (and write) than the collection of multiple Debian packaging configuration files.
The Arch pkgbuild file format is almost as good as the RPM spec file format, the only thing I really don't like about the Arch pkgbuild file format is that it lacks a Changelog (for me this is a major negative point as sometimes I would like to be able to check what changed between package updates).

The RPM spec file format is one of the few really good things that Redhat has contributed to the Linux world (unlike pulseaudio, systemd, gnome3 and wayland).

BTW, using the RPM package format does not mean not being able to use the apt package management tools, in fact there is at least one Linux distro (PCLinuxOS) that uses RPM packages but uses apt and synaptic as their package manager.

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stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn · Today 05:02:30

as of this post/date/time, the pclinuxos website only seems to resolve to a new/blank/wtf wordpress webpage. nothing lasts forever. as always, your mileage may vary.

tux_99 · Today 05:18:43

I have no idea what happened to the pclinuxos website (I'm not a pclinuxos user at all) but the status of the pclinuxos website is completely beside the point I was making, I simply said that it's technically possible to combine the RPM package format with apt as package manager, there are/were at least a couple of other distros doing the same.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT-RPM

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