[SOLVED] Installing a program without a package manager
How do install a program such as kompozer-0.8b3.lt.gcc4.2-i686.tar.gz in Mint 19 Cinnamon 64 bit without a package manager? I've heard it is a no no, but I need a good WYSIWYG html editor.
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You can compile it from source code but I'm sure there's an easier way. What distro are you using?
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I went to the Kompozer site and clicked the download button and I got this page. If you look at it carefully, you will see that this is software for a Windows system, even though it is released under a GNU license. You would not be able to run it under Linux.
You need to either look for it using your distro's package manager or, if it is not found, download the source code and build it locally. |
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kompozer-0.8b3.lt.gcc4.2-i686.tar.gz Put it in a folder by itself then extract it from the graphical interface by right-clicking it and choosing an extract option, or from the command line with Code:
tar -xzf kompozer-0.8b3.lt.gcc4.2-i686.tar.gz For most desktop programs on Linux installing them is optional. If you're the only person who uses it you can just run it from the folder it's in. |
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Komposer is available for Linux: it's in both the Debian and Ubuntu repositories.
https://linuxappfinder.com/package/kompozer or you can try the "install now option on that page. |
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http://bluegriffon.org/ |
It's not free software though.
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You can download the source from here:
http://kompozer.sourceforge.net/dev/ So how can you say it's not free? |
Looks free to me! It's Mozilla code so it probably uses the Mozilla license MPL. A notice says that submitted patches must be jointly licensed under GPL/LGPL/MPL.
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Sorry - kompozer is free but bluegriffon isn't.
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Bluegriffon IS free. There are limitations to the software, if you do not buy a license, but nothing very limiting. The major thing to consider is that it is HTML5 and css3 compatible, whereas Kompozer (as far as I can see), has not been updated since 2010.
This page lists what you get for the license (or what you DON'T get if you don't pay) - http://bluegriffon.org/#buy Personally, I think that the free version of BlueGriffon blows Kompozer away, even without taking into account the fact that Kompozer can't handle HTML5 & CSS3. |
Thank you !
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