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|    Paul to Mike Easter    |
|    Re: Updating XnView MP    |
|    07 Jul 25 15:06:31    |
      From: nospam@needed.invalid              On Mon, 7/7/2025 12:55 PM, Mike Easter wrote:       > Mike Easter wrote:       >> I always say, 'Nobody wants to compile.'       >       > And, in the case of the OP, I don't think it is 'open source'. It is free       and available cross-platform for linux, Mac, & Win, but flathub calls it       'proprietary'.       >       > At its site the linux is available as a .deb, .tgz, or appimage. I don't       know how to interpret the contents of the tgz.       >              The file              Name: XnViewMP-linux-x64.tgz       Size: 85,337,505 bytes (81 MiB)       SHA256: 25B3B0E6FAC8DC4EAFEB02BB44C8CE7431BB2217E0921D5BFD250ED60BB32E6B              is just a .tar.gz containing executable content, as a portable thing.               ./XnView ( Size: 19 949 456 )              If you look inside the package, you'll find a "lib" folder which is       an attempt to package all the dependencies.              It's a QT5 package (not that this matters).               Paul              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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