On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:36 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: > On 03/25 10:02, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:47 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: >> >> >>> 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? >> >> A "deb" file, which you can expand with "ar" (no need to install "dpkg"). >> >> >>> And how can I do the same for a developer release of that program when >>> I additionally know the ppa (whatever that is...?) >> >> I'll use systemd because I used the Ubuntu maintainer's systemd ppa >> two or three years ago and I still have that url bookmarked. >> >> To get the regular systemd deb: >> >> http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/systemd/ >> >> [ I've chosen the "de" repository given your email address. ] >> >> To get the ppa systemd deb (the ppa is called "pitti/systemd"): >> >> http://ppa.launchpad.net/pitti/systemd/ubuntu/ >> >> >>> I onlu need the archives of the complete program. Like Blender the >>> archive is "all inclusive" ... : >> >> Make sure that the source package isn't split up into more than one >> deb. If you look at the systemd example above, you'll find many >> "lib..." debs as well as "systemd..." and "udev..." debs. >> >> >> >> >> Rather than grabbing a "deb", unpacking it, and dropping its >> components into "/usr/local/", you might want to look into using >> Ubuntu's snap that allows you to install self-contained applications >> in the same way that Android and iOS do. >> >> [ I have no idea whether snap is available on Gentoo or whether your >> app is packaged as a snap. ] > > thanks for your help !!! :)
You're welcome. JIC, for snap, there's no Gentoo "upstream" package but there is: https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install-gentoo
