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[–] Shady_Shiroe 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Linux:

User: Can you install this 50 year old program?

Linux: it's already installed

[–] dustojnikhummer 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No you can't because the dependency doesn't exit anymore.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then compile it from the sources

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?

[–] dustojnikhummer 1 points 1 year ago

Well given most diehard Linux fanboys despise any sort of containerized apps, aka AppImage, Flatpak or Snap (I personally only despise Snap), I'm going to say no.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Grep is from 1973 so yeah.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

User: Linux can you install this software from this ancient obscure operating system?