From: "André A. Gomes" <andremegafone@gmail.com>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Run .deb or .rpm packages
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:10:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735n2q2m0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3124813D-244F-4060-AA72-8778D3B612E2@lepiller.eu> (Julien Lepiller's message of "Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:05:02 -0500")
Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
> I don't think it's a good idea to use a .deb or .rpm with guix, as
> they contain precompiled software. Even considering free software,
> they are compiled with a giver system (probably ubuntu and fedora,
> respectively) that make them incompatible with guix. Even if you
> successfuly installed them, I'm afraid you'd get a confusing "file not
> found" anyway.
>
> You should ask your government for the source code, and compile it for
> the guix system. Sorry that this is my best answer, it's probably not
> what you wanted to hear :/
I totally agree with you. I actually made that request, but I was told
that I have no right to access the sources :)
I was wondering if it was technically possible, though. But I
understand your comment that I'd get a "file not found" anyway.
From a freedom perspective, what are my options? Running a virtual
machine with ubuntu/fedora for this sole purpose? Thank you Julien.
--
André A. Gomes
"Free Thought, Free World"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-08 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-08 15:30 Run .deb or .rpm packages André A. Gomes
2021-12-08 16:46 ` Gary Johnson
2021-12-08 19:46 ` André A. Gomes
2021-12-08 20:05 ` Julien Lepiller
2021-12-08 20:10 ` André A. Gomes [this message]
2021-12-08 20:46 ` Remco
2021-12-21 23:27 ` André A. Gomes
2021-12-22 4:13 ` Timmy Douglas
2021-12-10 9:30 ` Hartmut Goebel
2021-12-12 9:24 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-12-12 19:34 ` Vagrant Cascadian
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