Fwd: Ubuntu installers?

[Aaron Rainbolt]

Gah, I accidentally used Reply rather than Reply List again. Forwarding 
it to the list.


On 12/21/22 06:32, Owen Thomas wrote:
> Recently, I have observed that releases to Netbeans and IntelliJ are 
> not being bundled in installers.
I can see Ubuntu packages for both Netbeans and IntelliJ. According to 
https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=linux, "sudo snap 
install intellij-idea-community --classic" should do the trick. And a 
.deb file is available at https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb16/.
> Because the software isn't being bundled in an installer, it isn't 
> available from the app menu; starting and stopping it has become a 
> chore. I feel that this is making Ubuntu less accessible.
>
> Am I just being silly, or does anyone have any idea for why software 
> is no longer being bundled in an installer?

Sometimes the distro-specific installer is hiding and the .tar.gz file 
is the one you're given first. Dig a little bit, you'll usually find the 
.deb file or installation commands.

(Remember to only install software you trust, and only install it from 
official sources!)

>
-- 
Aaron Rainbolt
Lubuntu Developer
https://github.com/ArrayBolt3
https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3
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