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How to efficiently package CLI application on linux (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by Lorgres@lemmy.world to c/learn_programming@programming.dev
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Hi, I'm looking to open-source a small CLI application I wrote and I'm struggling with how to provide the built app since just providing the binary will not work. I had a friend test it and he had to compile from source due to glibc version differences.

My first thought was providing it as a flatpak but that isn't really suitable for CLI software.

I've googled around a bit and most guides I find just mention packaging separately for multiple package managers/formats (rpm, apt etc.). This seems really inefficient/hard to maintain. What is the industry standard for packaging a Linux software for multi-distro use?

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[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have seen some CLI tools distributed via docker. You build a docker image and push to dockerhub, then supply a commandline like:

docker run -it -v workdir:workdir myapp:latest myapp [my app args]

~~I cant think of an IRL example for this, but I have seen it a few times.~~

My own example: https://github.com/cameroncros/idevicerestore/tree/docker-container?tab=readme-ov-file#docker

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