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    [–] art@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Nothing Distrobox can't fix. I can run AUR, RPM, and even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system.

    It's probably already in your default repos too.

    [–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    even those deb files that only run on Ubuntu for some damn reason on my Debiain system.

    FUCK i understand now! the software i wanted to install had a .deb but its website said it was for ubuntu 20.04, no wonder it didn't work on a debian container!

    i'll try this RIGHT NOW, hope it works!

    [–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

    it didn't work, but i soon found out by looking at it's entry on the AUR that the package is itself broken, not the distro environment it's supposed to be installed on

    [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

    It's seriously frustrating. I had this happen just last night, but fortunately I was able to get the app I needed another way.

    [–] samson@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    This shit is crazy thanks for letting me know

    [–] canni@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How does distro box do with more complicated gui based applications?

    [–] art@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    Yup. Should work fine. I know some people use this to get Divinci Resolve to work on Ubuntu.

    [–] oldGregg@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

    The only thing I've had problems with is a VPN

    [–] aswinbenny@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    What about Cisco packet tracer?

    [–] art@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    It's worth a shot!