>cross-platform software for Linux >it's only distributed

app-arch/rpm2targz or app-arch/deb2targz

Good thread, everyone

Arch: AUR
Gentoo: Compile from source

Paludis also lets you run a command from an unpacked deb/rpm directory and lets you install it like any other package.

>>60990089
this

AUR has everything, and if you're using Gentoo, chances are you wanted to compile the package from source anyways.

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This is why Linux needs Snappy.

>>60990089
>>60990197
Not all Linux software is available by source.

>>60990030
>avaliable on Xbox, Ps4, Steam
>install steam on ubuntu
>not avaliable for linux

>>60990030
>package all your shared objects
>create a runscript that run your actual binary with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the current working directory
>create a .desktop file that runs the runscript
teamspeak already does this I think
sadly most developers are drooling idiots

>>60991167
then it isn't a DEB or RPM
????

>>60991597
Wrong.

>>60990030
>How do Arch and Gentoo users cope with this?
dpkg and rpm are both in portage

pacman -S alien
>is alien still a thing
>does it werk for arch

>>60990030
Name some software like this.

>>60990303
appimages > flatpaks > snaps

>>60991597
pajeet detected