On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
Normally a zip file with a the binary and supporing files, plus a README
file should be enough.
Can you refer me to an example ?
You can't get more simple than this I think:
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
Normally a zip file with a the binary and supporing files, plus a README
file should be enough.
Can you refer me to an example ?
Thanks,
Adriaan van Os
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
leledumbo via fpc-pascal wrote:
Or create different packages for different distros ?
If you can afford the maintenance burden, this is the best that every
specific distro user will love. Otherwise, just provide a compressed
archive
leledumbo via fpc-pascal wrote:
Or create different packages for different distros ?
If you can afford the maintenance burden, this is the best that every
specific distro user will love. Otherwise, just provide a compressed archive
with README inside.
What about flatpak or snap-pak packages
> I meant to say that, without a .desktop file, the app is not
double-clickable.
This is DE/WM/FM dependent, you app must already have execute bit set anyway
(otherwise, it won't be executable even through CLI). Some allow double
clicking, some not, some configurable.
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On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
This is a puzzling sentence: "From the Linux Terminal only" - As opposed
to what ?
I meant to say that, without a .desktop file, the app is not
double-clickable.
Of course it is ?
The .desktop file is
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
This is a puzzling sentence: "From the Linux Terminal only" - As opposed
to what ?
I meant to say that, without a .desktop file, the app is not double-clickable.
Regards,
Adriaan van Os
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On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Adriaan van Os via fpc-pascal wrote:
Any recommendations for distributing a FPC gtk-2 GUI app on Linux ? I would
prefer it to be as
simple as possible. Use something like AppImage ? Create a .desktop file? Or
create different
packages for different distros ? The
> Or create different packages for different distros ?
If you can afford the maintenance burden, this is the best that every
specific distro user will love. Otherwise, just provide a compressed archive
with README inside.
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Any recommendations for distributing a FPC gtk-2 GUI app on Linux ? I would prefer it to be as
simple as possible. Use something like AppImage ? Create a .desktop file? Or create different
packages for different distros ? The application consists of an executable and a folder with .html
and
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