Software repository Puns

I am looking a way to update a 3rd party software, the best scenario would be if I can point to a local repository or shared folder, and that would be somehow inside Windows Update just like any windows update.

The app is actually already packaged in msi files, so that part is done, if I could just copy the new files and change a txt config file, and then after the msi files installed on the client machine copy one more file with a powershell script, that would be awsome.

• I taught about doing a logon script, but the users are not admins on their machines, so this is a no go.
• Not System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) because of $$$$$.
• I can do it with GPO's, but that require manual operationS each time, and the goal would be to automate everything (with validations with some PS script).

Any hints?

I've been using Linux Mint for a while now. One program I often use is VirtualBox, and as with other software, I've noticed Linux Mint's software repositories don't always have the most current version available. I've heard you can add VirtualBox's repo to Linux Mint's apt configuration, and in the past I've installed the latest VirtualBox that way - but doing so, sometimes VirtualBox would show me an error on startup that a kernel configuration or something is missing (I don't remember off the top of my head).

On a 2nd PC, currently I'm using an installation of Linux Mint (recently upgraded to 20.3 Uma) which is working smoothly. Currently it has VirtualBox 6.1.26, but I've seen the latest version of VirtualBox is 6.1.30. Linux Mint's Update Manager isn't showing any new version of VirtualBox beyond what I have (6.1.26). I'm wondering if it's safe to add a VirtualBox repository so I can get the latest VirtualBox, or if there's a reason VirtualBox 6.1.30 isn't available yet in the Linux Mint 20.3 repositories?

Hi,

I'm having issues with Add/Remove Software. It hangs every time I download anything from the official repository, but flatpak and snap work fine. I can still install things from the official repository via terminal, but I get errors that I don't really understand as I'm basically a noob. Saw someone say that installing yay and running it shows the errors, but I still really don't understand them. The errors in question:

error: failed retrieving file 'yay-11.1.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.espoch.edu.ec : The requested URL returned error: 404

error: failed retrieving file 'yay-11.1.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80 after 5207 ms: Connection timed out

When running "yay": error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.espoch.edu.ec : The requested URL returned error: 404

error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80 after 5207 ms: Connection timed out

error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.espoch.edu.ec : The requested URL returned error: 404

error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80 after 5201 ms: Connection timed out

error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.espoch.edu.ec : The requested URL returned error: 404

warning: too many errors from mirror.espoch.edu.ec, skipping for the remainder of this transaction

error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.dacentec.com : Failed to connect to mirror.dacentec.com port 80 after 5201 ms: Connection timed out

warning: too many errors from mirror.dacentec.com, skipping for the remainder of this transaction

If anyone could help me out here that'd be awesome. I adore Manjaro but not being able to download things via Add/Remove software is kinda annoying. Thanks!

Hiya dear Geekos,

I am quite new to both GNU/Linux and openSUSE. I am starting to migrate my digital life to Linux and swore to myself that winX is going to be the last MS OS that I'll use. So:
I've gotten meself a noice ThinkPad T480s and played around with some distros and chose openSUSE TW for no particular reason (other than it being one of the oldest distros and the same one I use in Uni off and on).
I want to use it TW for everyday things that is emails, internet browsing, researching and writing papers, a little bit of programming for fun, not gaming (yet??) and communication in general (whatscrApp, Signal, Telegram and some others).

I am willing to be quite experimental with it, I am currently using MS Surface ProX as my main machine. I just dont want to brick the T480s obv.

For the most part I don't have problems with using TW, as most of the software I want to use is available throught the standard/default repos BUT:
What if I want to use other software, e.g., CL programs for MS oneDrive (via GitHub), signal messenger or other stuff that I won't find on the standard repos? I have read I can run into complications with just randomly adding repos to have more software available. How is that gonna happen? I am reading through the documentation and the openSUSE wiki, but couldn't find a decent guide as in "How to manage sw repos and sw in general"...

So my issues are:

• How do I decide what repos I want to add and use for updating my sw?
  • And how do I resolve/anticipate conflicts / conflicting repos? (is there such a thing?)
• How do I go about sw that I only find on GitHub or elsewhere (nvm trust issues for now) in terms of maintenance and updates?
  • What about those 1-click installations from the suse webpage?
• Do you have general tips and tricks for SW management?
  • What about flatpak? Is that something to recommend?

Ok, that was kinda loaded, I hope I can get some good tips. External resources are welcome too!

I have to hunt for PPAs or use flatpaks and snaps because the packages in the Ubuntu 20.04 software repositories are just so horribly out of date. For example, the LibreOffice package is stuck at 6.4.7, released October 2020.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone is even bothering to update the packages at all. Maybe it's a case of overworked package repository maintainers.

Can I access repositories from any Linux distro? Say I'm on Ubuntu, can I use the Fedora repository? (I'm assuming they have their own). Would the different file formats cause issues?

Sorry if this is a dumb or obvious question. I'm still finding my feet.

I got updates for qemu, Pipewire and Jav from the Fedora repos. Can I expect Gnome to automatically apply these updates or should I manually do the updates?

How frequently does Gnome attempt to download updates?

I want to know how you get the latest software and software that is not in the official stable repositories. I personally would like to switch to Debian, but it bothers me that the stable branch has mostly outdated software.

Debian Backports: https://backports.debian.org | Flatpak: https://flatpak.org | Snap: https://snapcraft.io | AppImage: https://appimage.org | Makedeb: https://github.com/makedeb/makedeb | Pacstall: https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall | Debian Sid: https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/index.en.html | Debian Testing: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting

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I picked an imac G4 recently and I'm still learning about old Mac stuff. It currently has Panther on it, so I'm trying to source disks for Tiger and OS9.

On top of that I'd like to grab other software that I can install on the system, but I'm not sure where to look.

Any suggestions?

Hello, quick question, why does each distro need it's own software repository? why can't .deb files that work on debian work the same on ubuntu for example?

thank you.

Running Tumbleweed on Samsumg Chromebook 3. Keyboard not recognized. I've run at least a dozen different distros on this machine and this is the only one which does not recognize the KB. Assistance greatly appreciated.

External USB KB works OK.Trying to install or update software, requires me to plug in the installation media (USB). How can I "teach" it to become independent?

Hi all,

I work for an MSP, and I'm looking at devising a way we can push software to all of our clients, regardless of whether they are connected to the home office LAN or not. Our RMM is limited to 500mb per push, so it can't handle our larger software packages. I'm thinking about creating an internet accessible file repository, that our clients would access read-only using access keys. Ideally, would call the installations via script through our RMM. I have numerous questions, to begin:

1. Is anyone using Azure for a similar purpose?
2. What's the most secure way to pass access keys through a script or similar automated means?

I appreciate everyone's guidance and feedback, thanks for your help.

Update: June 5 2021 - Please follow this post instead Workaround for Mesa 21.1.1-1 and later for OpenCL to work with latest mesa version on Fedora. Thanks u/xaedoplay

If you are using mesa + AMD GPU pro OpenCL, The latest Fedora mesa update mesa-21.1.1-1.fc34

will make your system unable to boot and will result in black screen with blinking screen. But don't worry there is a fix -

When you are in black screen with cursor blinking spam Ctrl + Alt + F1 or F2 depending on the tty session.

Type your username and password. and now we can downgrade our mesa -sudo dnf downgrade mesa-dri-drivers

sudo dnf dowgrade mesa*

Make sure you run these two commands separately otherwise it will conflict and won't let you downgrade. After this is done you can reboot the system.

I am also mentioning people who use OpenCL or I think might be using OpenCL from Radeon Software repo on Fedora. from my guide u/AmonMetalHead u/PeladoDeBrazzers u/PuzzledSoulMind u/smacksa

Sorry for mentioning/ causing inconvenience.

Anyone using OpenCL please don't update to the latest mesa, if you have please apply the solution above. Thanks. I am also mentioning this in my guide.

I recommend not updating your mesa. And perform system update using

sudo dnf update --exclude=mesa*

i found nextcloud, dropbox, onedrive

are there others?

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Hi!

I can't find information about how to install software from a URL into my ec2-instance running Linux. I tried downloading it to my computer and sending it via scp and trying to install it with yum but it did not work.

For reference: These are the two applications for bioinformatics I want to install, they have a sort of executable for installation to download.

maxcluster - http://www.sbg.bio.ic.ac.uk/maxcluster/download.html

tmscore - https://zhanglab.dcmb.med.umich.edu/TM-score/

The Internet Archive has several pages dedicated to older systems include all the Atari ones. Here's how to find and download the files you are interested in.

The Atari collection on the Internet Archives

For the Atari ST, there is one page with a single download (13.9GB) that includes all the Atari categories. In other collections you can download individual zip files for Atari Applications, Educational, Games, Images and more. But on other Internet Archive pages there are individual files for the Atari 2600, 400, 800, 7800, ST, Lynx and Jaquar. All zips are for each type of software (applications, games, etc). Instead of downloading one massive file, you can download just the system/software that you are interested in.

Once you download the ZIP files you want, it's just a matter of extracting them to a location on your PC's storage. Then depending if you are using an emulator or actual Atari hardware you need to move the files into a format that you can use. If you are using an emulator like STeem for the Atari ST, then you should already have directories on your PC's disk drive to store and access the files. If you have actual Atari hardware, you'll need some utilities to create disk images and then export them to physical disks.

The directories extracted from the single ST download

The STeem Atari ST emulator is the leading ST emulator with a mix of outstanding features and compatibility of the ST's software library. If you are focused on the Atari 16-bit systems and can't afford the crazy prices out there, the STeem emulator is the best choice. Whether you are reliving the old days or just discovering the Atari 16 - bit systems, STeem can operate in color or monochrome mode and can emulate the Atari STF, Mega ST, Atari STE and the Mega STE. The latest release even lets you know if the hardware selected and the versions of the operation system (TOS) are compatible. Finally, check out other Atari ST articles on this site to see the emulator in action and how to configure it for your needs. There are also a couple of valuable ST utilities that you should learn about

For full details and download links, visit the article details [MASSIVE Software Repository for All Atari Systems (theatarigee

A statement of function that says something as simple as:

"This is xyz. It is a driver/script/widget that does blah. It was started in 1862 and the latest release was on 1 September 2019.”

I've lost track of the number of projects that just assume that you know what their reason for existence is.

Dear medical physics community members,

We are collecting a list of code repositories to provide a quick way to spread the word and coding blocks/functions for future projects. Our goal is to collect code repositories that have been released to any public platform related to the medical physics field and later supply all the collected data to a website as an easy portal and quick searchable list. Potentially, saving searching time, as well as advertising the repositories/projects for those who want to spread their great news and cheerful moments!

You can manually enter your code repository information into the spreadsheet with the link provided here (link here). The spreadsheet will always be available to the public.

We have provided a cover page for the filling instruction. The header of the spreadsheet is also a good resource on the format of the data. Please be mindful not to delete other people's entries when entering yours.

Thank you so much for your help and hope this would be helpful to the community,

Software Repo Collection Team