On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:47 PM Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Kenneth Parker wrote: > > I happily run Chromium under, both Debian Buster and Devuan Ascii (non > > SystemD equivalent to Stretch). It comes with proper .deb files and > > installs quite well, thank you very much. > > Chromium is the open-source version of Chrome. You can also get > Chrome itself from Google, if that's what you want. That's not > an open-source package. > > > Somehow, Ubuntu decided to make Chromium a Snap Package. (I'm reading > the > > articles about it now. I don't like it). > > > > *But*, I decided to install Mint 20, to help out a Friend, who is doing > > some work I support under it. Mint hates Snap, even though it's based on > > Ubuntu. However, they didn't take the step themselves to put the Debian > > Repositories in for Chromium. > > [/background] > > > > Now, when running Debian Systems, people caution against mixing > > Repositories from other Distributions. Does this work the other way? > > Would I get into trouble, adding the Buster (or Bullseye) Repositories, > > only for installing Chromium from it? > > The underlying reason for avoiding mixing repos is that you > create a system where things stop working and you might not be > able to get back to usable. > > This is least likely to happen when you install a repo that only > adds an application package: if the package doesn't work, you > know what went wrong and how to remove it. > In my earlier search, I missed a rather important article [1] in the Mint Install Guide which, among other things, mentions "Apt Pinning", and even does a Shoutout to Debian Buster. I think this "Technique" will work for me. It is most likely to happen when you install a repo with lots of > packages, especially libraries that many other packages depend > on. > > > [Humor] > > There have been discussions about not creating a FrankenDebian System. > How > > about FrankenMint or FrankenUbuntu one? > > [/Humor] > > In the end, you are responsible for what you do. When you know > what you are doing, it is much safer to experiment than when you > don't know what you are doing. > +1 -- We are *absolutely* responsible for what we do! You might try getting the Debian Chromium package directly, > without a repo. It won't update automatically, but that might > also be what you want. > That will also be an option if I have problems. But I'm going to try the "Apt Pinning" technique, mentioned above and in this Article. Apparently, it limits what is installed from a particular Repository, so that I don't "Busterize Mint". [1] https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chromium.html Thank you, by the way! Kenneth Parker
