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Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] T156 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Linux also always allowed you to install applications directly. Everyone just uses package management software at this point because it's all well managed and easier to keep things updated, but you can still install things manually with make.

You only need make if you're compiling. Installating precompiled software is somewhat easier, since it's basically just copying to /bin. If you know where that is, then it's simple.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

make install typically also handles copying things like libraries, shared assets, and docs as needed, but yeah precompiled software is usually a tar... or loading a downloaded package file into the package manager.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There's even .deb, .rpm, flakes, whatever pacman uses, … that are just package files that copy to /bin/ for you, like .apk/.ipas.