Is better to compile or PPA?
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Hi everybody!
I am usign FreeCAD now quite intensively. In Trisquel reops there's 0.14 version, which is quite recent, but FreeCAD is in alfa version still and under very active development.
I would like to track FreeCAD's development more closely, and in their websie they state that are mantaining a PPA repository of "stable" versions of the program. There's also a GIT repository where I can download and build the program from scratch.
I know that none of these methods is advised to be used to have a stable system, but I'm in de mood of taking the risk, and would like to know...
Which method (compile from scratch versus PPA installing) is better to keep a more consistent system?
Will PPA alter official repos or create dependency conflicts with my installed packages?
Will compiled dependencies (installed in /usr/local/bin, for example) potentially conflict with "official" packages installed (mainly in /usr/bin)?
I would apreciate any ideas. Thank you!
Jaume.
Would you like to have freecad 0.14 imported into trisquel?
Installing from the PPA is *much* easier:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freecad
If you really want to live at the bleeding edge (what means a higher chance of bugs and crashes), write "ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-daily" instead of "ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable".
Notice that you have to trust the guys who make the DEB packages not to include any additional proprietary software or even malware.
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Thanks for the feedback.
I will try this PPA...
and will keep an eye to the website, in case they decide to include any non-free code in their packaging. For now it looks like all they file is under LGPL.
Cheers!
J
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