> In Linux operating systems, most applications/libraries are distributed as > packages, which are archives that contain the pre-compiled binary files, > dependency requirements and so on. In many cases, user can build package with > the new version (if necessary) of the application. But it will take some > effort. > > P.S. I'm not insisting that this is strictly necessary, it's just that this > update method seems more convenient to me :)
Right. I do know what Linux packages are...I'm not a total beginner. The idea of creating a package, or building a package "with the new version" is foreign to me, though. I'll probably stay away from that for now. But thanks. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/discussions/4239#discussioncomment-12155175 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: <geany/geany/repo-discussions/4239/comments/12155...@github.com>
