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Offline chinatefl

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When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« on: December 26, 2020, 05:07:25 AM »
If tinycore supports Debian, just install the software through apt. In this way, more software can be used, and the range of users' choice is wide.

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2020, 05:17:51 AM »
PiCore/Tinycore do not support Debian or apt - see dCore.

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2020, 05:33:35 AM »
PiCore/Tinycore do not support Debian or apt - see dCore.
There is too little software available. Many mainstream software frameworks are not available. Such as artificial intelligence.Can we provide a way to convert the software used in these systems into software that tinycore can use?

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2020, 05:44:10 AM »
I don't think TCL(other son of TCL, such as D/PI core) will ever support other package managers (such as apt you mentioned).
because that would break TCL's design philosophy, and TCL's use of its own package manager is a main reflection of its difference from other Linux distrs.

You can convert them yourself, but you'll have to deal with dependencies, library version differences, and a lot of other things...
And the converted software package may not work properly... (Most people don't recommend this.)
I recommend you compile it yourself, but you can also submit the compiled extension to TCL's Repo
if you want to help more people with the same needs.
« Last Edit: December 26, 2020, 06:04:42 AM by ONE »

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2020, 12:56:28 AM »
As Juanito mentioned, dCore is what you want. It may not use apt, but all(?) Debian's programs are available.

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2020, 05:35:26 AM »
I don't think TCL(other son of TCL, such as D/PI core) will ever support other package managers (such as apt you mentioned).
because that would break TCL's design philosophy, and TCL's use of its own package manager is a main reflection of its difference from other Linux distrs.

You can convert them yourself, but you'll have to deal with dependencies, library version differences, and a lot of other things...
And the converted software package may not work properly... (Most people don't recommend this.)
I recommend you compile it yourself, but you can also submit the compiled extension to TCL's Repo
if you want to help more people with the same needs.

There are more application developers than system developers in this world. For application developers, a good system can make the application more powerful. But not necessarily he will develop and optimize the operating system. At present, most of the systems on the market are too bloated and start-up time is too long, which is not suitable for the development of embedded applications. Tinycore is a great choice. But if his software is not very rich, then the user's ability and threshold are very high, which is not conducive to the development of the whole system ecology.
So it will be very important for tinycore to be compatible with the software of other systems.

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Re: When does tinycore support apt for software installation
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2020, 05:47:34 AM »
If you want compatibility with other distros, you can use dCore.

Otherwise, you'll need to either compile and submit extensions you wish to use or request others to do so for you.