DGMurdockIII Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 If you make it easy for people to install software like they do on windows then that will be another reasion that people would ant to use shift linux one way you could do this is supporting AutoPackage http://www.autopackage.org/ but if you now a other way to do it it then lets here you idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted July 31, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2008 As it stands, Shift supports apt-get, aptitude, dpkg (for downloaded packages), Synaptic and KPackage - it doesn't come any easier than that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted August 1, 2008 Administrators Share Posted August 1, 2008 As it stands, Shift supports apt-get, aptitude, dpkg (for downloaded packages), Synaptic and KPackage - it doesn't come any easier than that :p I totally agree. I believe I could train a housefly to use these systems. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGMurdockIII Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 I can them two and some one who download somting would liike ti to be as easey as click on a .exe file for windows im not saying for me other people to make this more muser friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted August 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2008 I can them two and some one who download somting would liike ti to be as easey as click on a .exe file for windows im not saying for me other people to make this more muser friendly If you download a .deb package, double clicking it will install it using the Debian Package Installer (or something to that effect, it's basically a GUI frontend for dpkg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2008 A .deb file is like a .msi file, which in my opinion is even better than a generic .exe file (I liked a unified installer/uninstaller) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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