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[-] ego@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 months ago

While I totally agree with you about package managers, I still run into a lot of apps that the only install option is a .deb downloaded from a webpage. Which is comparable to running a .exe on windows.

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 6 months ago

is a .deb downloaded from a webpage

deb-get is useful for these.

I hate directly installing Debian packages because I forget to update them (since apt won't update them). I usually either use deb-get or create my own repo for the app using Aptly.

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