• How to install oorexx 5Beta on MS WIn10 WSL Debian 9 or Ubuntu 18

    From pjfarley3@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 10 16:39:47 2020
    I would like to use oorexx 5.0 Beta on one of the Win10 WSL(v1) linux distros (Debian 9 or Ubuntu 18.04).

    The WSL linux instances are command-line only so no GUI installer is available.

    What are the correct procedures to install the oorexx 5 Beta DEB from sourceforge on one or both of these distributions please?

    Can the ubuntu 16.04 DEB file on the sourceforge site be used to install to the Debian 9 distro as well as the Ubuntu 18.04 distro?

    Or do I need to do a source build to get oorexx 5 working in these environments?

    I am familiar and comfortable with using apt to install packages from the repositories, but I am not familiar with how to install a deb file.

    TIA for any assistance you can provide.

    Peter

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  • From pjfarley3@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 10 22:38:21 2020
    On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 7:39:48 PM UTC-4, pjfarley3 wrote:
    I would like to use oorexx 5.0 Beta on one of the Win10 WSL(v1) linux distros (Debian 9 or Ubuntu 18.04).

    The WSL linux instances are command-line only so no GUI installer is available.

    What are the correct procedures to install the oorexx 5 Beta DEB from sourceforge on one or both of these distributions please?

    Can the ubuntu 16.04 DEB file on the sourceforge site be used to install to the Debian 9 distro as well as the Ubuntu 18.04 distro?

    Or do I need to do a source build to get oorexx 5 working in these environments?

    I am familiar and comfortable with using apt to install packages from the repositories, but I am not familiar with how to install a deb file.

    TIA for any assistance you can provide.

    Peter

    Replying to my own question. A little research revealed apt can be used to install a deb file with:

    sudo apt install <path-to-deb>/debfile.deb

    Both WSL instances seemed to install it without a problem, but I have done only very minimal testing in either one so far.

    Peter

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