snap includes all the dependencies in the .snap, I believe. Like an app on osx
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 4:04 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:18:13 -0800 > Tim Garton <[email protected]> dijo: > > >From what I've read online, I don't think the Linux version of 3.0 has > >been released yet. I could be mistaken though > > I had it installed, so definitely released. But you have to install it > with Snap; there are no .deb or .rpm packages yet. And from what I read > on the VLC forums, they apparently have no intention of releasing .deb > or .rpm packages. You can get the source, however, so I assume distro > managers will soon make .debs and .rpms. > > This is my first time ever installing something with Snap. It's kind of > strange and so far I'm not sure I like it. But my opinion will probably > improve after I learn more about how it works and how to use it. After > installing Snap, to install vlc you just do 'snap install vlc.' But > unlike using apt-get where lines and lines of procedures appear in the > terminal and remain there after apt-get finishes installing the > application, Snap echoes lines explaining what it's doing, but they > disappear immediately, too fast to read, being replaced by the next > line. When it finished my terminal said: > > $sudo snap install vlc > $vlc 3.0.0 from 'videolan' installed > > I had no record of the myriad things it did during the installation. > There is probably an option to make the lines remain, but if I cannot > see what it did after it finishes, Snap is not for me. > > I also note that there is now a root folder 'snap,' containing a readme > file. In the readme it says 'the disk space consumed by the content > under this directory is minimal as the real snap content never leaves > the .snap file, Snaps are *mounted* rather than unpacked.' Sounds > sort of like like .AppImage files. > > If anyone really understands Snap it might make a topic for a general > meeting talk. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
