official way to install deb software on bazzite
What is the best way to install the .deb file for bazzite like debian base distro
like using vm or container
what is the best way?
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distrobox
Solution
How do I fix it dont have sound
idk
Just curious, what are you trying to install? Not sure about a proper solution but try installing vlc, it might grab some sounds dependecies you need
Install the packages you need for sound in the box
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Do I have to use a Distrobox? WHY cant I use a simple install command in the terminal, both yum and dnf are gone
That depends on what you're installing, but if you can you should
Yum and DNF never worked here
yes but Bazzite is based on Fedora isnt it. What does Bazzite use then for installing in terminal?
If you need to you can use rpm-ostree, but you are supposed to use that as a last resort only.
We are based on Fedora atomic, not fedora workstation
ok, I need to install Httrack, How do I do that from the terminal since it is not in the discovery. There are a lot of packages here: https://www.httrack.com/page/2/
Download HTTrack Website Copier 3.49-2 - HTTrack Website Copier - F...
HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. S...
That looks like distrobox to me
Make a fedora distrobox, enter it, sudo dnf install like normal
Export if desired
thank you, I will do that but my question is why does bazzite not have its own simple default install command to use in a terminal like all other distros?
We are image-based, installing a package to your image basically requires creating a new image and slows down your updates
You're meant to use containers or flatpak primarily, it's a different way of managing your system
Check out our documentation, it goes into depth on all this
Thank you for explaining, that makes sense to me. I would like to learn more about the system and had started reading about fedora but was reading workstation by mistake lol
Of course, I think distro box is totally worth learning even if you decide image-based isn't for you
I can do things like use packages from the AUR on traditional fedora, or make development environments that I throw away when finished
It's incredibly powerful stuff
Yes I agree the distro box is incredible making the system conpatible with just about any distro, gives a lot of freedom
brew install httrack will do the trick if you're okay with using the terminalah so the command is "brew" Thank You. I am much more comfortable using the OS default terminal.
brew is for installing command-line programs
You cannot use traditional dnf, yum, etc. on Bazzite because the system files are immutablethe thing about not being able to use dnf is new, right? I used to do it constantly on bazzite, hope I haven't screwed anything up
No you would never meant to use it
But you didn't screw anything up
I read through the chat, I see that now yeah
Just kinda assumed that since this is fedora-based dnf would be fine, and didn't look into it further