• Julian@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    How would the distro tell if the tar.gz is a program or just a bunch of compressed files? I tend to use tar files for compression rather than for distributing or installing software

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      9 months ago

      By prompting the user to open as file / install as package

      Like how many distros prompt (when opening executables) to open as file / run as a program