bout linux - coding
Before you code, you need to:- decide between Qt and GTK. (Qt sucks way less!)
- Now you can setup your dev environment - qtcreator Here's how i install it
Don't just stick with command line coding.
If there's one think linux needs it's GUI apps that don't suck.
These distribution instructions are for me. take from them what you will.
naw, we're done here - back home please :)
This may surprise you, but on linux, the usual way you install an app is
1) install a replacement OS on top of your distro.
2) rewrite your app to run on this os instead of the distro os.
3) bundle it all up and distribute.
Why? Because you can't take an executable on one distro and run it on another.
Unless the linux you compiled on and the one you hope to run on are very very similar.
Why? Typically, distros pick a big network of .so files (runtime libraries - called .dll on windows).
Once they're picked, eeeverything the distro plans to run is compiled using those exact .so versions.
Got an app that didn't come with the distro? Prepare for a headache.
Got the source for that app? And the dev env for the app?
You can compile and link it with the distro's .so libraries.
Otherwise you're probably out of luck because the distros do not use a common set of .so files.
This will cause apps compiled on distro1 to be missing needed .so files on distro2.
WHY??? I DON'T KNOW!!! Seems pretty duuuuuumb to me !
If all the distros decided on a standard set of .sos, everything would be fine.
My hope is that this happens BEFORE the distros throw up their hands and rewrite their
OS code on top of those (DUMB!) mini os environments.
Cuz that will mean we're stuck with them forever.
sources:
https://www.internalpointers.com/post/build-binary-deb-package-practical-guide
see also:
https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
https://theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2022/05/16/response-to-flatpak-is-not-the-future.html
So what I do is use .deb files for my releases.
It's what sudo apt uses behind the scenes.
But you're limited to a distro based on debian
(like ubuntu, kubuntu, chromeos' included debian, raspi).
Well that'll (hafta) work for me.
install .deb in chromeos by doubleclicking .deb in Files app
install: sudo dpkg -i
remove: sudo dpkg -P
CREATING A .deb ...
sudo apt install dpkg (probably already there)
mkdir -p
mkdir
cp
cp
vi
Package: shazware
Version: 20220514
Architecture: amd64 (or armhf for raspi)
Maintainer: Stephen Hazel
Description: shazware - Stephen HAZel’s softWARE and an extra long description starting with space ned - Nifty text EDitor ftx - Find TeXt in files under a directory flatten - flatten all dirs/files under a directory to dirs_files undup - kill off dup files based on contents matching exactly
Section: custom
Priority: optional
Essential: no
Installed-Size: (size of exe in bytes)
Sources:
Depends:
Taking care of external dependencies:
copy
cd
cp -pr DEBIAN debian (you may have to do this on a drive that CAN DO dirs of same name diff case)
ln -s opt/app/
dpkg-shlibdeps -v -O x/
copy the last line into your DEBIAN/control file
rm -fr debian
rm x
dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group
NOW stick that
(WITH the top couple lines about how TF to install/remove/etc)
...aaand see who whines
Notes:
test remove: dpkg -l | grep
Run scripts before or after package installation and removal
are called maintainer scripts.
must be chmod between 0555 and 0775.
When installing, if you see Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Then keep anything you want preserved then sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/
dpkg-gencontrol writes names of package files into "debian/files".
Parsing it much easier than any dances with resulting files in parent directory
(i.e. parsing ../*.changes").
.desktop files: usually in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications else: create an ‘applications’ directory somewhere put your .desktop files add path of it’s parent directory to the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable
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