gyach enhanced

Forum: Apps
Topic: gyach enhanced
started by: loell

Posted by loell on Sep. 04 2005,09:11

has anyone attempted porting gyach enhanced in dsl?
well, they say its possible in mepis which is also debian baselike dsl.

so i think its a very good application, if it can be ported.

Posted by mikshaw on Sep. 04 2005,14:54

Any Linux application can theoretically be added to DSL (a port would be adjusting the code for a different platform/OS). The main thing to consider is "What does Mepis have that DSL does not?". Simple answer is "a lot".
One of the most common methods of getting applications running in DSL is to install them on another system, and copy them into DSL. Errors that occur at runtime might be addressed by gathering whatever dependencies are missing and including them in DSL also. If the application requires a certain kernel, however, you are looking a much much bigger task.

You might look to see if there is a precompiled Debian package for the application you want, and try installing it with dpkg/apt-get