installing 3rd party apps

[garybean]

I have skimmed the Mageia docs, searched the forums, and looked at the Mageia Software Mgmt. app.

My question is how to install Google-chrome-stable, Brave, and Moneydance.

thank you.

[benmc]

Mr Google gives:

google-chrome-stable:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chrom ... ackages.md

Brave browser:
https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en ... html#linux
see entry for Fedora, but be advised that it may not work.
you could also download the .deb for it and convert it to a .rpm
see here => https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-deb-files-rpm/
Note that there may be un-met dependencies that you will have to install yourself.

edit. see also here=> viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10921&p=63504&hilit=brave#p63504

moneydance:
appears to be only available as a .deb
you will need to convert it from .deb to .rpm
see here => https://www.maketecheasier.com/convert-deb-files-rpm/
Note that there may be un-met dependencies that you will have to install yourself.

[garybean]

appreciate the reply. am somewhat reassured I did not miss any obvious solution (or is .deb conversion to .rpm packaging somewhere in Mageia's faq's or docs? I had noticed mention of snaps and flatpak app installs.)

Am I alone in feeling this 3rd party app availability for Mageia is an obstacle that needs attention?

[benmc]

Am I alone in feeling this 3rd party app availability for Mageia is an obstacle that needs attention?

This I cannot answer
3rd party apps are at the whim of the developer as to which package system they support.
Given that Chrome is a Google product, I am not sure if Mageia users would welcome it to be available- we like our privacy.

Alien is available in the repos, so just follow the instructions quoted, with the disclaimer, and you should be good to go.
Alternately, you can run up a virtual box - available from the repos as well, and run Debian (or your favourite derivative) for those applications you desire / need.

[ITA84]

appreciate the reply. am somewhat reassured I did not miss any obvious solution (or is .deb conversion to .rpm packaging somewhere in Mageia's faq's or docs? I had noticed mention of snaps and flatpak app installs.

Alien isn't really mentioned much (it isn't really commonly used anymore), Flatpak is certainly supported in Mageia, but as far as I can tell there's no package for the 3 applications you mention. The only other alternative Mageia offers for 3rd party apps is COPR, but it's very recent, so I doubt there's anything available.

Your best bet in general would be to try installing Fedora RPMs and hope they work. For Moneydance, judging from the download page here (not sure if it's the right one), there's also an installation script available which doesn't seem to require .deb support

[doktor5000]

Given that Chrome is a Google product, I am not sure if Mageia users would welcome it to be available- we like our privacy.

I do welcome that Chrome is available and can be directly installed and updated from upstream repositories. Also if someone asks for chrome, it might not be the most suitable to redirect them to chromium.

Apart from that I'd recommend our MAQeia for Chrome/Chromium: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2053

[jeevanism]

I have skimmed the Mageia docs, searched the forums, and looked at the Mageia Software Mgmt. app.

My question is how to install Google-chrome-stable, Brave, and Moneydance.

thank you.

for the Brave install, below option worked in my Mageia 7

reference : https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en ... html#linux ( Fedora 28+ )
after being root ( #su )

Code: Select all

# dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
# rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
# dnf install brave-browser

After that Brave is up and running

[GersonLearchman]

I just installed Mageia 7.1 and performed this method to install Brave-browser; open a terminal as root and type:
NOTE: I strongly recommend that you use this method to install Brave on your machine because it will ensure that your copy of Brave is always up to date with security fixes.

# dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

# rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.br ... e-core.asc

# dnf install brave-browser

[doktor5000]

That's exactly what the guy before you posted already ?

[GersonLearchman]

Sorry, I thought you'd changed.