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Get Wuala 'apt-get install wuala' - ready
Wuala doesn't work on Ubuntu out of the box. Some suggestions that would bring *lots* of new users without a too big effort:
1) Install information must be searched in the net (where's the easy on-site install tutorial?)
2) If Wuala would become 'apt-get install wuala' installable, tons of Ubuntu users would try it!
3) There's a NFS problem on Ubuntu. Solve it - you can't expect people to uninstall nfs server or something the like...
I truly think this move would help you much more than any image resize this-and-that features..
Right now I use dropbox.com, but would prefer Wuala, if it only worked on my Ubuntu boxes same as on my (last remaining) Windows box. So are my co-workers.
Cheers - Bachi
1) Install information must be searched in the net (where's the easy on-site install tutorial?)
2) If Wuala would become 'apt-get install wuala' installable, tons of Ubuntu users would try it!
3) There's a NFS problem on Ubuntu. Solve it - you can't expect people to uninstall nfs server or something the like...
I truly think this move would help you much more than any image resize this-and-that features..
Right now I use dropbox.com, but would prefer Wuala, if it only worked on my Ubuntu boxes same as on my (last remaining) Windows box. So are my co-workers.
Cheers - Bachi
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Inappropriate?Afaik, only Open Source applications can be in the repositories of Debian (which Ubuntu uses). I already suggested this a year or so ago but I fear we'll have to wait until at least the Wuala loader application becomes open source (which would be a border case since the real Wuala would be loaded afterward, but at least apt-get Wuala would work...).
I still really hope this becomes reality soon! -
Inappropriate?You don't have to get it into the Debian repository. At a minimum you could host your own apt repository. Also Ubuntu has a 'restricted' and 'multiverse' repositories for precisely this reason. Stuff goes into those repositories if it isn't open source or doesn't has other license issues. I agree that this would make Wuala adoption much more enticing. -
Inappropriate?Alright, do it then!
Wuala consists afaik only of the loader app, that doesn't change often - everything else is loaded after that loader is executed.
Just create a package, send it to the devs and tell them what to do and I doubt that they won't invest those last 5 minutes to put it online.
If oyu don't want to do it, maybe you can give hints for others that want to do the task where to look etc. -
Inappropriate?I have never actually packaged anything myself. And have only manually installed or compiled stuff on my own a handful of times. I am only aware of the system in place at Ubuntu as an end user. Most of the 3rd party apps and proprietary code like the Nvidia binary drivers are in the Ubuntu Universe or Multiverse repositories. Unfortunately I am not sure what the process is to get a package into those official repositories.
Also many projects will use a PPA (personal package archive) at launchpad.net. They host the app and set up an Ubuntu repository for you. This is what XBMC and many other popular independent projects that want to provide Ubuntu support do. Again I have never set up a PPA but as I understand it is pretty easy and straightforward. Here is the overview at launchpad.net: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA. Hope that helps anybody who is in a position to implement this.
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