I know there are ways to install software outside of aptitude on debian/ubuntu, (add repo, or build, or download binary, or possibly flatpak/snap/etc).
But being able to download *.deb files was one of the nicest aspect of using a debian based distros and now I’m seeing more and more projects include all distros except deb files.
Someone correct me but I vaguely recall that distributing debs is no longer recommended by debian itself?
- Am I wrong, and have I only co-incidentally stumbled on projects that don’t distribute debs?
- I am right and this seems like a mis-step, removing one of the most beginner friendly features that helped propagate debian based distros?
Flamesuit on.
deb was always the most distribudet packaging method due to ubuntu and debian based distro popularity but ubuntu decided to get away from it in favor of snaps, removing a lot of incentive for devs to distribute it, probably coupled with the events of arch becoming a meme big enough that it’s non-business popularity exploded, what used to be a natural act for app devs became a question.
And debs weren’t recommended since long ago but nobody cared about that