I came across this this article and immediately thought to ask what people on this forum think about this.
Is it a real possibility? Is it “dangerous” in the sense that it can seriously mess up the system?
I have only come once across an app (can’t remember which one) whereby for Linux only .deb and .rpm packages were offered, so I stayed away from it.
What do you think?
The package manager won’t know about it, this may cause it to be installed more than once, block updates or block the the installation of other packages
The libraries those binaries expect to see may not be installed on your system
That process ignores dependencies
If you really, really need to install a deb or rpm on your system, the best approach is to create PKGBUILD for it.
Thank you for your advice!
Since I got into Linux 3 years ago I have not come across an app that I really really need to have but did not exist for my distro.
So, I will stay away from .deb packages. I am happy I checked here. Thank you