List of Linux distributions packages
Hello,
I suggest adding Chakra Linux to the list of distributions that provide MuseScore.
The package name is "musescore" and is usually up-to-date.
Thank you.
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Thanks for this information. It's always good to hear that MuseScore is available on another OS, but there are probably too many Linux distributions to list all of them. I see that Chakra was originally based on Arch linux. Do they share a common packaging system? If so, we might be able to get away with only adding one of them.
Yes, Chakra currently shares a common packaging system with Arch, although its replacement is planned.
I understand that you cannot list all distributions ;)
We might be able to add it at some point, perhaps by creating a dedicated page just to list all the Linux distributions MuseScore is on so that we don't crowd the Downloads page. If possible, could you provide a link to a description of the current packaging system, and the planned one (if there is a link available)?
I'd also be keen to know how regularly the packages are updated. In your original post you said they are "usually up-to-date", but when we use that label on the Downloads page it might not mean what you think it means. The "often out-of-date" packages only get upgraded when an entire Linux distribution gets upgraded, whereas "usually up-to-date" packages can be updated at any time (i.e. as soon as a new version of MuseScore is released). Does Chakra Linux release updates for software in between releases of Chakra Linux itself, or does it only release new packages with each release of the distribution, like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and pretty much all the rest? (Note: all distributions offer security updates for software in between releases, but not new features or fixes for non-security related bugs.)
In reply to We might be able to add it at by shoogle
Oh, that would be nice to have a separate page for it. I would be pleased to help for that if you want ;)
In fact, in Chakra, applications get updated as soon as they are released upstream, since the "distribution release" is only about the core system. So, when a new version of MuseScore is out, packagers don't wait for the next system upgrade to update it. In Arch Linux, it is the same (but here the entire OS is updated continuously).