sudo apt install flatpakįlatpak remote-add -if-not-exists flathub įlatpak install flathub sudo add-apt-repository ppa:devacom/scienceĪlternatively, you can use flatpak to install the latest version of Octave in Ubuntu 18.04+. Some distros may include Octave in their official repos, but for instance Ubuntu 18.You can add the ppa:devacom/science PPA to install the latest version of Octave (6.4.0, as of January 2021) in Ubuntu 20.04. > managers for the various distros? So there isn't one for CentOS or Ubuntu > Since it's only available for flatpack, I'm guessing there are package There is no way to convert from flatpak to deb Note that for Octave devs is much more efficient to maintain one general package than many for different distros and have to control the conflicts of libraries of their distro versions And it's easy to use once you install flatpak (e.g., from the launchap repo if you want to be up-to-date) One of the main points of flatpak is not to mess up with the host system. > using one so I don't screw up anything. > Second - I don't want to use another package manager with Ubuntu.
I understand, building is flexible, but it's also complex (many options) and messy with the host system
> Honestly, I don't want to build everything from source. I appreciate the time and input you and everyone put in. In the meantime, it looks like I need to build the important bits from scratch. In the meantime, I would have to build flatpack for 18.04 (it's not in the standard repos). Maybe when they start supporting 20.04, I can upgrade. Yep, 18.04 is a bit old but some tools I use require it (no CentOS or RHEL). Recommends: desktop-file-utils, hicolor-icon-theme, gtk-update-icon-cache, libpam-systemd, policykit-1, shared-mime-info, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk | xdg-desktop-portal-backendĪPT-Sources: bionic/universe amd64 PackagesĮl dimecres, 6 de maig de 2020, a les 12:36:47 EDT, Jeffrey Layton va escriure: Recommends: desktop-file-utils, hicolor-icon-theme, gtk-update-icon-cache, libpam-systemd, p11-kit, policykit-1, shared-mime-info, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk | xdg-desktop-portal-backendĭescription: Application deployment framework for desktop apps I use Kde neon user edition 18.04 that builds on ubuntu 18.04, and it will probably move to 20.04 by the time of 20.04.1, so I'm like you in this regard.