On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM, R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Sunday, March 25, 2018, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> is there a way to download the archive (or how is it called in the >>> world of Ubuntu ?) of a program, from which I only know the >>> apt-get and apt-install commands? >>> And how can I do the same for a developer release of that program >>> when I additionally know the ppa (whatever that is...?) >>> >> >> I've never had this be easy enough I'd want to do it. Is it possible now? >> I.e. grabbing all deps wouldn't be necessary if Gentoo's library versions >> match the .deb's. >> > > This could just be a language barrier issue, but it isn't entirely > clear to me what the question is, and whether it has been answered. > > The original question doesn't seem to have anything to do with Gentoo, > so I'm not sure why we're talking about "Gentoo's library versions." > > If the intent really was to ask how to fetch ubuntu packages for use > with ubuntu then it would probably make more sense to ask about it on > an Ubuntu list/forum/etc. > > If this is a Gentoo question and the submitter is just unfamiliar with > Gentoo and is using Ubuntu terminology that is fine, but I think it > would be helpful to have a bit more clarification, such as what the > end goal is. Are we asking for tarballs of sources (distfiles)? Are > we asking for binary packages? Is this a question about generating > ebuilds for versions not in the main repo? Is this about how to get a > .deb made for Ubuntu working on Gentoo? > > I think everybody is trying to be helpful, but is interpreting the > question differently. Perhaps the original submitter already got the > answer they're looking for, which is fine. >
Well, yes - I think the question as asked has been answered, but I'm trying to figure out what he was doing. I did assume he was going to be using the packages with Gentoo somehow, just based on the mailing list he used.
