Blender via Autopackage on Linux
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Blender via Autopackage on Linux
Is there any chance future versions of Blender may be released using Autopackage? Autopackage is a tool that lets developers create an installable package that will work with virtually any Linux distro you can think of, instead of having to create a million and one versions (rpm,deb,ebuilds,etc). It is not intended to replace current package managers, but to work in tandem with them; so you would use your regular package manager for your base system and then Autopackage for higher level programs like Blender, Gaim, etc... I highly urge you guys to give Autopackage.org a look, I think this may be one of the most important things to happen in a very long time for the Linux community and should make your jobs much easier at release time.
I tried it with the latest Inkscape release and it is effectively a really nice installer
It works well and did the job flawlessly. I cannot say the same with .rpms....

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Blender only uses .tar.gz for linux-like platforms, so that could only complicate things!;)should make your jobs much easier at release time.
Anyway, Autopackage does look nice indeed, but it might be better to wait and see if it is accepted in the linux world.
See this, for example:
http://www.licquia.org/archives/2005/03 ... d-harmful/
I've read those articles and now i'm asking myself a question : why does the linux developpers always think that their solutions are perfect ? On the mandrake and ubuntu mailing list, they didn't even considered providing a deb or rpm package in their repository for autopackage. : the reason invoked is that synaptic or urpmi already works perfectly...
On what planet are they living ? if their system was so perfect i could install the latest gaim version from apt. apt is cool but it represents maybe 10% of the total number of existing aps, what solution do they have for the remaining 90% ?
Do they even know that there is commercial software that would be glad to be able to use autopackage ?
Maybe providing a blender.package would put some pressure on the distro maintainers as gaim, inkscape and other big apps already provide one.
Maybe if there is more apps using this system, they will *think* a little.
I personally tried this system and it is really easy ! even more than a .tar.gz file.
On what planet are they living ? if their system was so perfect i could install the latest gaim version from apt. apt is cool but it represents maybe 10% of the total number of existing aps, what solution do they have for the remaining 90% ?
Do they even know that there is commercial software that would be glad to be able to use autopackage ?
Maybe providing a blender.package would put some pressure on the distro maintainers as gaim, inkscape and other big apps already provide one.
Maybe if there is more apps using this system, they will *think* a little.
I personally tried this system and it is really easy ! even more than a .tar.gz file.
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I don't see how anything on that thread is related to Autopackage...lol. If we've already got Linux installed then we have no need for a live CD...lol
Autopackage - The best thing to happen to Linux since the Kernel.