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Signal on Linux (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 months ago by theorangeninja@lemmy.today to c/foss@beehaw.org

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How is it possible, that Signal still only provides a .deb package and no .rpm, or even better AppImage or Flatpak? There is an unofficial Flatpak but is it secure?

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You could try running the .deb through alien(1p), although it can be hit-and-miss if the package has a lot of scripts or dependencies.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is that if I may ask?

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

It's an old program that converts between .deb (Debian), .rpm (RedHat), .tgz (Slackware), .slp (Stampede), .pkg (Solaris), and LSB packages.

I don't use it much, but it can be handy in a pinch for installing software that isn't packaged for your distribution. Just don't use it for anything low-level or that's already packaged natively, or you'll break stuff.