β² 932 βΌ i hate that it's very often like this (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 240 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] art@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (4 children) Nothing Distrobox can't fix. I can run AUR, RPM, and even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system. It's probably already in your default repos too. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works [S] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system. FUCK i understand now! the software i wanted to install had a .deb but its website said it was for ubuntu 20.04, no wonder it didn't work on a debian container! i'll try this RIGHT NOW, hope it works! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works [S] 4 points 2 years ago it didn't work, but i soon found out by looking at it's entry on the AUR that the package is itself broken, not the distro environment it's supposed to be installed on permalink fedilink source parent [β] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It's seriously frustrating. I had this happen just last night, but fortunately I was able to get the app I needed another way. permalink fedilink source parent [β] samson@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* This shit is crazy thanks for letting me know permalink fedilink source parent [β] canni@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) How does distro box do with more complicated gui based applications? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] art@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yup. Should work fine. I know some people use this to get Divinci Resolve to work on Ubuntu. permalink fedilink source parent [β] oldGregg@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The only thing I've had problems with is a VPN permalink fedilink source parent [β] aswinbenny@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What about Cisco packet tracer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] art@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's worth a shot! permalink fedilink source parent
[β] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works [S] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system. FUCK i understand now! the software i wanted to install had a .deb but its website said it was for ubuntu 20.04, no wonder it didn't work on a debian container! i'll try this RIGHT NOW, hope it works! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works [S] 4 points 2 years ago it didn't work, but i soon found out by looking at it's entry on the AUR that the package is itself broken, not the distro environment it's supposed to be installed on permalink fedilink source parent [β] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It's seriously frustrating. I had this happen just last night, but fortunately I was able to get the app I needed another way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works [S] 4 points 2 years ago it didn't work, but i soon found out by looking at it's entry on the AUR that the package is itself broken, not the distro environment it's supposed to be installed on permalink fedilink source parent
[β] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It's seriously frustrating. I had this happen just last night, but fortunately I was able to get the app I needed another way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] samson@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* This shit is crazy thanks for letting me know permalink fedilink source parent
[β] canni@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) How does distro box do with more complicated gui based applications? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] art@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yup. Should work fine. I know some people use this to get Divinci Resolve to work on Ubuntu. permalink fedilink source parent [β] oldGregg@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The only thing I've had problems with is a VPN permalink fedilink source parent
[β] art@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yup. Should work fine. I know some people use this to get Divinci Resolve to work on Ubuntu. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] oldGregg@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago The only thing I've had problems with is a VPN permalink fedilink source parent
[β] aswinbenny@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What about Cisco packet tracer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] art@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's worth a shot! permalink fedilink source parent
