More a tip than a tutorial.
Whether this is a good idea is for you to decide.
If you need a program that's not in the repos and the .deb has unsatisfiable dependencies; there's another way of installing it without compiling the source. For example; Grub Customizer (waits for "software wrecking ball" or similar comments ) isn't in the repos and the .deb has incompatibilities with LMDE2. Fortunately, another Distro that I use (MX Linux) has pre-built .debs that are built against Debian libraries. I just needed to search through the packages built against Debian Jessie... which is MX Linux 16 - which are here. In my case, it's the same package that I'm already using in MX Linux, so I trust the source more than I would a .deb from another website.
An alternative to compiling software unavailable in repos
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An alternative to compiling software unavailable in repos
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Re: An alternative to compiling software unavailable in repos
yep - the MX series is a solid distro
my other laptop, runs even better, now that it's MX15 is upgraded to MX16,
- using the new, inbuilt System Upgrade.
my other laptop, runs even better, now that it's MX15 is upgraded to MX16,
- using the new, inbuilt System Upgrade.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] - when your problem is solved!
and DO LOOK at those Unanswered Topics - - you may be able to answer some!.
Re: An alternative to compiling software unavailable in repos
Agree, great Distro for older hardware... better still for new hardware
Re: An alternative to compiling software unavailable in repos
I installed Mx14.4 (I think) on an old laptop for a friend of mine. Absolutely solid, no problems whatsoever. I have MX16 in VirtualBox just to play with. If there was no Mint, I'd probably use MX. I visit their forums regularly, and they are very good about getting packages compiled for it. Good distro.
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