What is the difference between the RPM, DEB, TAR GZ packages?
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-for-linux-edition.html
Hallo,
RPM is former redhat package manager - cpio compressed pre-cooked package for Redhat/Mandrake/Mandriva/whatever derivatives
DEB is debian package - ar compressed pre-cooked package for Debian/Ubuntu/whatever derivatives
TAR GZ is a tarball - just targzipped directory structure with relevant files, and one install shell script
i’m a big opponent of all those “fancy-just-click-and-go-and-you-dont-have-to-think-how things-really-work” concepts, and thus, i’d recomment the TAR GZ.
but many people have different opinion :).
regards,
pc
most are lazy…
a little qusetion… will the TAR GZ work on ubuntu?
If you do (install) it manually, will.
If you want to do it quickly, use the deb one.
Hi,
is there a chance for 64bit Debian / Ubuntu package?
Hallo,
avast is internally IA-32-tied, and thus, 32-bit. Sop, use the 32bit version, probably with 32-bit support package for your distro (sometimes it’s not included by default) - 64-bit-labeled package wouldn’t bring you any benefit at the moment here.
regards,
pc