Request for simplified instructions for downloading and installing .tar.gz applications - Ventoy

[Bret Busby]

On 2/8/22 6:25 pm, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 07:18, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>
>> I refused to have anything more top do with .tar.gz
>> software installations
> 
> Very wise. I hate them too.
> 
>> Now, this ventoy thing has appeared (and, has previously been
>> discussed), and, it is not available as a .deb package for installation
>> (and updating) through operating system package management.
> 
> Aha! OK. That is partly my fault so I am happy to shed some light.
> 
> You don't need to install Ventoy on your computer to use it.
> 
> Ventoy installs *onto a USB flash drive* and _only_ onto that flash drive.
> 
> You don't need to install anything at all on your actual PC.
> 
> So it doesn't matter where you unpack it. Anywhere you like.
> 
> I just unzip it into a subdirectory of my ~/Downloads folder.
> 
> You run it once, to install or to update the bootable key, then you
> delete it immediately.
> 
> So it doesn't matter. You only run it the one time, and then next
> time, you download a fresh copy.
> 
> Put it anywhere, don't make any links  to it or anything. Run the app
> with "GUI" in its name.
> 
> As it happens I did this last night. As of the current Ventoy 1.0.79
> of yesterday, it is called:
> 
> VentoyGUI.x86_64
> 
> So I unzipped Ventoy with Engrampa.
> 
> I opened a terminal.
> 
> I typed:
> 
> cd Dow
> (and then pressed Tab to autocomplete)
> 
> cd ven
> (and then pressed Tab to autocomplete again)
> 
> Then I typed
> 
> ./V
> (and then pressed Tab to autocomplete again)
> 
> Then G for GUI
> (and then pressed Tab to autocomplete again)
> 
> Then x for x86_64
> (and then pressed Tab to autocomplete again)
> 
> And ran it. Updated my key, and the job was done.
> 
> Luckily for you I then went off to another computer and didn't delete
> it yet. :-)
> 
> 

Thank you.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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