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Soumis par Jaume le jeu, 01/08/2015 - 12:41

Is better to compile or PPA?

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jeu, 01/08/2015 - 12:41
Jaume
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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.

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jeu, 01/08/2015 - 13:37
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aklis
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Would you like to have freecad 0.14 imported into trisquel?

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jeu, 01/08/2015 - 13:41
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Magic Banana
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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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jeu, 01/08/2015 - 15:50
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aklis - i like your profile pic!
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jeu, 01/08/2015 - 17:32
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Jaume
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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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