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JumpIn

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2024-05-10

Posts: 17

Install a .tar.gz

So I want to install a program, but the .tar.gz has no PKGBUILD, make and makepkg dont work, there is a also a deb provided wich i used in the past to install using debtap, but i did the exact same command, then install it with -U and it gives me nothing:

yay -U ./Downloads/hydra/hydralauncher-2.0.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst 
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "gtk", a dependency of "hydralauncher"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      hydralauncher

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] y
looking for conflicting packages...
 there is nothing to do

P.S it also provides a snap, rpm and appimage are these better to install on arch?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,726

Re: Install a .tar.gz

debtap gives you a starting point, that's it. As it says, it gives a dep of 'gtk' which you have to translate into an Arch package name.

Or let someone else do the work for you. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hydra-launcher-bin

Last edited by Scimmia (2024-06-25 18:46:05)

JumpIn

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2024-05-10

Posts: 17

Re: Install a .tar.gz

debtap gives you a starting point, that's it. As it says, it gives a dep of 'gtk' which you have to translate into an Arch package name.

Or let someone else do the work for you. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hydra-launcher-bin

oh my i couldnt find it in the aur thanks so much ;3

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,185

Re: Install a .tar.gz

you could just purchase the gymes legal and use officisl launchers like steam
reported for promoting piracy

ewaller

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Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Install a .tar.gz

Boy, this is fuzzy.  Yes, it is used as a tool for copyright violation, but it is a tool and there seem to be legitimate use cases for the program itself.  It is certainly not alone in this class of programs. I will leave this open for the time being.  Never-the-less, there will be zero tolerance should this thread take a turn towards using this tool for illegal purposes.

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JumpIn

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2024-05-10

Posts: 17

Re: Install a .tar.gz

Boy, this is fuzzy.  Yes, it is used as a tool for copyright violation, but it is a tool and there seem to be legitimate use cases for the program itself.  It is certainly not alone in this class of programs. I will leave this open for the time being.  Never-the-less, there will be zero tolerance should this thread take a turn towards using this tool for illegal purposes.

edit: it updates it self to 2.0.0 and then "bootloops" trying to update to 2.0.1 what the hell

Last edited by JumpIn (2024-06-26 06:34:10)