Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Feb 2007 18:49 UTC, submitted by Dolores Parker
"Klik is unique among software installation systems for Linux, in that each package installed through klik is self-contained, isolated from the rest of the operating system. Klik isn't a package management system; rather it's an application that lets you download and run software without installing it."
Permalink for comment 212723
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
2005-07-02
a) Isin't that more or less what OSX does with foo.app?
Yes.
b) Why don't we have this built into more distros?
Some distros (such as Kanotix) have Klik pre-installed, but it's trivial to install the Klik client on other distros. From the Klik Wiki FAQ:
What do I need to use klik?
A Linux distribution with the klik client pre-installed. Or one where you install the klik-client on your own.
Are there other requirements?
Yes. Your Kernel must support the "cramfs" file system. Your /etc/fstab needs entries which allow users without root privileges to loopmount cramfs image files.
klik also expects some other utilities to be present:
* one of Xdialog, kdialog or zenity
* rpm2cpio (part of package "rpm") [missing f.e. on Arch Linux - install rpmunpack, and symlink it to rpm2cpio - and not installed by default on (K)Ubuntu and Freespire
* wget
* bunzip2
* ar (part of binutils package)
* the libstdc++5 or the appropriate compatibility library
klik checks for the presence of these tools and gives a warning if they are not installed. These tools come with your distribution (base system). Please install them using your distribution's tools.
For best klik experience you should have KDE 3.3+ libs installed (our klik-able KDE apps don't include the kdelibs).
Note that Klik is *not* a replacement for package managers - this is stated clearly on their Wiki. Rather, it can be used in addition to your distro's package manager.