latest version packeges on mint

I have started using linux for 6 months since I leave Windows and already tried ubuntu, arch and liked mint besides arch AUR be so useful, but because I have had some issues with rolling release I choose mint, and I sometimes need latest package, there is somehow to install without being though appimage and tarball?

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theshatterstone54

feddit.uk

Your only option is universal formats like Flatpak and AppImage. I would recommend against random deb packages or compiling from source unless it's some very tiny obscure utility that will not need any updates in the foreseeable future (so something like j4-dmenu-desktop or a fetch script).

reddit_sux

lemmy.world

Flatpaks the best way.

Yote.zip

pawb.social

In my roughly recommended order:

Flatpaks (great stuff)
Crates/Cargo (if it's a rust program)
deb-get (assuming the .deb it fetches is from an official source (I think they are all official?))
Homebrew
Nix Package Manager
bin
Docker (occasionally useful even for desktop programs, e.g. CLI programs)
Compile and install it yourself (test the compilation in a VM first to make sure your compilation steps work if you're not sure about dependencies)

joey

lemm.ee

If it's cli, use toolbox or distrobox. You can pull in an arch image and get the stuff from AUR.

nightingalem reply

lemmy.ml

Distrobox also works with GUI applications. Toolbox, probably too

joey reply

lemm.ee

That's awesome then. I had some trouble with an electron app so i thought it's complicated.

mintycactus

lemmy.world