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| author | Lucas C. Villa Real <lucasvr@gmail.com> | 2017-01-02 01:18:48 -0200 |
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| committer | Lucas C. Villa Real <lucasvr@gmail.com> | 2017-01-02 01:18:48 -0200 |
| commit | 3c3479fb0fb0f4ce71c641897b678a7d412b07cc (patch) | |
| tree | d31a134e967ff69d2da464af73ab40fb33ae28dc | |
| parent | 19ca14783cafee0ea66daf9a1c1bf11389936cc3 (diff) | |
| download | ThirdPartyInstallers-3c3479fb0fb0f4ce71c641897b678a7d412b07cc.tar.xz | |
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@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@ # ThirdPartyInstallers -This is a collection of utilities to handle the installation of packages in non-native formats such as RPM and DEB. +This is a collection of utilities to handle the installation of packages in +non-native formats such as RPM and DEB. -Packages are unpacked under `/Programs`. The contents of `/opt`, when present, are flattened under the new program entry -and compatibility symlinks are created at /opt pointing back to the new entry at `/Programs`. +Packages are unpacked under `/Programs`. The contents of `/opt`, when present, +are flattened under the new program entry and compatibility symlinks are created +at `/opt` pointing back to the new entry at `/Programs`. # Caveats -Note that running packages built for other distributions is a best-effort task. There are many features that won't -work out of the box and that are outside the scope of `ThirdPartyInstallers`. For instance, init scripts, tasks files, -and reliance on other distro-specific components may preclude the installed package from working as expected. +Note that running packages built for other distributions is a best-effort task. +There are many features that won't work out of the box and that are outside the +scope of `ThirdPartyInstallers`. For instance, init scripts, tasks files, and +reliance on other distro-specific components may preclude the installed package +from working as expected. -ThirdPartyInstallers should help you to install distro-agnostic packages such as LibreOffice, self-contained packages and packages that do have many fancy dependencies. It will **not** work with complex packages such as KDE. +`ThirdPartyInstallers` should help you to install distro-agnostic packages such +as LibreOffice, self-contained packages, and packages that do have many fancy +dependencies. It will **not** work with complex packages such as KDE. -If there is a GoboLinux recipe to build a program for which you have an RPM/DEB file, please use the Compile tool instead of the ThirdPartyInstallers utilities. We provide **zero** support for third-party packages. +If there is a GoboLinux recipe to build a program for which you have an RPM/DEB +file, please use the `Compile` tool instead of the `ThirdPartyInstallers` +utilities. We provide **zero** support for third-party packages. # Usage |