Micro: Why there is no deb file for debian based distros for easier install

[4goodapp]

I find it really complex for an editor supposed to replaced Vi & co...

Can you guy provide a deb file for an easier installation.

[mame98]

I can create One....

[zyedidia]

Having a deb file would be great, but it's really simple to install micro without one. Just go download the tar file for linux 64 from the releases page, then untar it, and move the resulting binary to /usr/local/bin or somewhere else on your PATH.

There is even a script from the wiki page about installation to do this automatically for you: https://gist.github.com/zyedidia/d4acfcc6acf2d0d75e79004fa5feaf24.

[GeigerCounter]

@zyedidia I could look into packaging a deb? I had been planning to anyway so I could add a ppa on launchpad. Lemme know if you want that.

[mame98]

I have created a small Script in an Pull Request, it is bare minimum but should be ok...

[zyedidia]

I'll close this now that #563 has been merged but it seems like there will be more features added to it later.

[4goodapp]

I'll close this now that #563 has been merged but it seems like there will be more features added to it later.

This may sound a stupid question but, Does this mean a deb file is available?

[zyedidia]

Yes I think so. You need to have Go installed to build the deb file, which perhaps defeats the purpose, but if you clone the repository and go to the tools directory and run ./build-deb.sh 1.1.4 then it should put a deb file in ../packages.

[4goodapp]

You need to have Go installed to build the deb file, which perhaps defeats the purpose,
...

Definitely :)

I didn't know it was that hard? to build a deb file, I never did that.

[zyedidia]

Well at the moment it's just not automatically built in the release script. I'll change try to change that soon though so that the deb file can be used without having to build it yourself.

[4goodapp]

Thanks! That'd be awsome.
Nice work/"app" by the way!!!

[4goodapp]

Any news about this?

[hex-m]

The process of adding micro to the official Debian repositories is tracked here.