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by hadisch
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:01 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Official Linux distribution for PureBasic
Replies: 66
Views: 38097

Re: Official Linux distribution for PureBasic

With a focus on Ubuntu you certainly wouldn't go wrong. Ubuntu and its derivatives should cover the largest area of Linux users. The ultimate solution, however, would be to distribute Purebasic as an AppImage, which would eliminate the problems on almost all distributions.
by hadisch
Sat May 12, 2018 8:52 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: The tiresome problems with different Linux distributions
Replies: 8
Views: 3355

Re: The tiresome problems with different Linux distributions

greyhoundcode wrote:Those options do look pretty attractive (could snap work here, too?).
I think so, but .snap packages can only be uploaded by developers who work for Canonical.
I think AppImages are the best solution because they run out of the box on all distributions.
by hadisch
Sat May 12, 2018 12:28 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: The tiresome problems with different Linux distributions
Replies: 8
Views: 3355

The tiresome problems with different Linux distributions

It becomes more and more difficult to fulfill the dependencies of PureBasic on Linux. This is a real test of patience under Arch/Manjaro. It can take up to 8 hours for the required packages to be built from the AUR. Under Debian/Ubuntu and the various derivatives are the needed Packages are quickly ...