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digitalmars.D.announce - ldc2 1.18.0 snap package release

reply Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling webdrake.net> writes:
Hello folks,

Just to announce that there are now stable 1.18.0 releases for 
amd64 and i386 builds of the ldc2 snap package.  To install:

     sudo snap install --classic --stable ldc2

or upgrade:

     sudo snap refresh --classic --stable ldc2

There are also stable releases for all the recent 1.x releases 
(1.1 through 1.17).  To switch to these, use for example:

     sudo snap install --classic --channel=1.17/stable ldc2

or to switch an installed version:

     sudo snap refresh --classic --channel=1.16/stable ldc2

... or similarly for any other 1.x release you prefer.

These should work on any Ubuntu release more recent than 14.04, 
and any recent Debian, Arch, SuSE, Solus, and others.  For a full 
list of supported distros see:
https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd

Running the ldc2 snap requires gcc to be installed on the host 
system, as this is used for linking.

Hope this is useful, and please let me know if the snap package 
is useful for you.

Thanks & best wishes,

      -- Joe
Dec 03 2019
parent reply zoujiaqing <zoujiaqing gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 at 21:49:57 UTC, Joseph Rushton 
Wakeling wrote:
 Hello folks,

 Just to announce that there are now stable 1.18.0 releases for 
 amd64 and i386 builds of the ldc2 snap package.  To install:

     sudo snap install --classic --stable ldc2

 or upgrade:

     sudo snap refresh --classic --stable ldc2

 There are also stable releases for all the recent 1.x releases 
 (1.1 through 1.17).  To switch to these, use for example:

     sudo snap install --classic --channel=1.17/stable ldc2

 or to switch an installed version:

     sudo snap refresh --classic --channel=1.16/stable ldc2

 ... or similarly for any other 1.x release you prefer.

 These should work on any Ubuntu release more recent than 14.04, 
 and any recent Debian, Arch, SuSE, Solus, and others.  For a 
 full list of supported distros see:
 https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd

 Running the ldc2 snap requires gcc to be installed on the host 
 system, as this is used for linking.

 Hope this is useful, and please let me know if the snap package 
 is useful for you.

 Thanks & best wishes,

      -- Joe
Thanks!! Could support flatpak? :)
Dec 04 2019
parent Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling webdrake.net> writes:
On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 at 10:52:58 UTC, zoujiaqing wrote:
 Thanks!!

 Could support flatpak? :)
I've commented on this before: https://forum.dlang.org/post/glpgelcitafzjayjegpu forum.dlang.org In short: unless anything has changed since the last time I looked, snap packages are better suited for compiler use-cases. There are apparently some compiler flatpaks out there (e.g. one for swift: http://swift-linux.refi64.com/en/latest/install.html#flatpak), but that appears to be tied to a desktop use-case. And, frankly, look how much extra manual work you have to do to get that working, compared to just sudo snap install ... ... and run the newly installed compiler.
Dec 04 2019