On Thu, Nov 10, 2016, at 03:27, Lists wrote: > Thanks for that. I have always used deb files whenever possible, > thinking it the best way to go. If they are so unreliable, I wonder why > they are so prevalent. Perhaps they could be made more reliable.
There is nothing unreliable about .deb files per se. They are, underneath it all, what apt-get, aptitude, and other installer front-ends use. They are indispensable. The .deb files themselves don't need to be made more reliable. The method of installing packages via individually downloaded .deb files is not supposed to be your normal use case. > And I have been advised in the past to avoid ppa's if possible and to > use a deb file in preference That's interesting. I've never heard that. I wonder why. Sounds like ignorance or unclear thinking to me. You don't get automatic updates with individual .deb files and "dpkg -i" does not do dependency handling like apt-get. It's true that the official repositories are much more to be trusted than a ppa (that anyone can throw together), but an individual .deb file is no more trustworthy than a ppa. In both cases you have to consider the source. >.The suggestion has always been that a ppa > is a last resort. In future I will go with apt-get etc. I use individual .deb files as a last resort, if there in neither repository nor ppa. > After 17 years of using Linux exclusively, I am still learning!!! I started exclusive use in 1997. Of course that doesn't mean I'm necessarily right. I'm only human. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
