Sebastian Since yad got kicked out of the repository recently, I installed an old version manually (yad-4.1-6-1-x86_64.eopkg). Though evertyime i do an update (sudo eopkg up), it gets removed and I have to install it again. Is there a way to solve this?
brent Sebastian "how to make a non-repository package installation permanent?" I'd say it's impossible. Deprecated is deprecated. "Is there a way to solve this?" Install yad from source A tar.gz? Or Snap? Flatpak? (haven't lookeded) 2 cents
Staudey Yeah, the old package will stop working at some point anyway, even if you artificially keep it alive. Either compile from source, or even better if you want to keep it alive for Solus, step up as a maintainer for yad on the repository. https://dev.getsol.us/T9372
Sebastian I would step up as maintainer, but I am not a programmer and don't have sufficient knowledge in the field. I will try to compile it from source though.
Staudey Sebastian Note that you don't have to be a programmer to maintain a package. It shouldn't be much harder than compiling from source, after you get used to it. https://getsol.us/articles/packaging/building-a-package/en/ Here's an old (but still useful) video tutorial:
downhill Might be possible as a static build; e.g. everything needed contained within one folder. However, I've looked into learning how to create static builds and it isn't easy.
