On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 12:31:56AM +, john s. wrote:
> So, if I have a .tar.gz which I unzip and inside there is a executable.
>
> there is nothing to install in a template, and when I close the AppVM that
> contains the executable, should I expect that when I open that AppVM again,
>
> that I should still be able to use the executable?
Yes
>
>
> or is Qubes designed so that only executables installed in the Templates
> should persist to be executable
No
>
> and hence, if there is no package, then I can't use the software except
> temporarily
>
This depends where you put the executable.
/home/user is persistent in a Templatebased qube, so an executable there
will be fine.
/usr/local is persistent in a Templatebased qube, so an executable
placed in bin there will be fine (It's actually at /rw/usrlocal )
Other directories like /bin /sbin are template based and will not
persist. If you put the executable there it will not persist. (Unless
you use bind-dirs, but what's the point for a single executable when
there are valid sensible alternatives.
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