Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
The problem with the installers is that the LC binaries are linked with specific versions of the shared libraries in the system. If you have a different version, or the library has a different name in that system, then there is a chance that LC will not run correctly (and by not run I mean not run

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That is a good point. The same could be said for the Apple store, the Windows store and the Ubuntu thing. On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 9:54 pm Mark Wieder via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 9/14/20 10:47 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: > > > Also: why is the installer app

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/14/20 10:47 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Also: why is the installer app "silly"? It is no worse or no better thanĀ  the installer apps for Macintosh and Windows, and I, for one, have no real problem with any of them. Having "real" installers (.deb, .rpm) would enable LiveCode to g

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Because, in spite of what LiveCode will tell you, the Linux side of things is marginal and minimal, and while a .deb might be alright for Debian and its derivatives, it is not going to be alright for other types of Linux: "too much work for too little return": I can see it coming. Also: why is

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/13/20 7:39 PM, Eric A. Engle via use-livecode wrote: I just get tired of downloading the silly installer app etc. why isn't it in a repo? any way i will google it but if there is a terminal command line interface set of commands which will gksudo aptitude livecode OR SIMILAR please tell

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-14 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 9/13/2020 10:39 PM, Eric A. Engle via use-livecode wrote: I just get tired of downloading the silly installer app etc. why isn't it in a repo? any way i will google it but if there is a terminal command line interface set of commands which will gksudo aptitude livecode OR SIMILAR please t

sudo apt-get install livecode

2020-09-13 Thread Eric A. Engle via use-livecode
I just get tired of downloading the silly installer app etc. why isn't it in a repo? any way i will google it but if there is a terminal command line interface set of commands which will gksudo aptitude livecode OR SIMILAR please tell me On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 12:01:04 PM EDT,