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1 | 1 | # ThirdPartyInstallers
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| -This is a collection of utilities to handle the installation of packages in non-native formats such as RPM and DEB. |
| 3 | +This is a collection of utilities to handle the installation of packages in |
| 4 | +non-native formats such as RPM and DEB. |
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| -Packages are unpacked under `/Programs`. The contents of `/opt`, when present, are flattened under the new program entry |
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| -and compatibility symlinks are created at /opt pointing back to the new entry at `/Programs`. |
| 6 | +Packages are unpacked under `/Programs`. The contents of `/opt`, when present, |
| 7 | +are flattened under the new program entry and compatibility symlinks are created |
| 8 | +at `/opt` pointing back to the new entry at `/Programs`. |
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8 | 10 | # Caveats
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| -Note that running packages built for other distributions is a best-effort task. There are many features that won't |
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| -work out of the box and that are outside the scope of `ThirdPartyInstallers`. For instance, init scripts, tasks files, |
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| -and reliance on other distro-specific components may preclude the installed package from working as expected. |
| 12 | +Note that running packages built for other distributions is a best-effort task. |
| 13 | +There are many features that won't work out of the box and that are outside the |
| 14 | +scope of `ThirdPartyInstallers`. For instance, init scripts, tasks files, and |
| 15 | +reliance on other distro-specific components may preclude the installed package |
| 16 | +from working as expected. |
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| -ThirdPartyInstallers should help you to install distro-agnostic packages such as LibreOffice, self-contained packages and packages that do have many fancy dependencies. It will **not** work with complex packages such as KDE. |
| 18 | +`ThirdPartyInstallers` should help you to install distro-agnostic packages such |
| 19 | +as LibreOffice, self-contained packages, and packages that do have many fancy |
| 20 | +dependencies. It will **not** work with complex packages such as KDE. |
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| -If there is a GoboLinux recipe to build a program for which you have an RPM/DEB file, please use the Compile tool instead of the ThirdPartyInstallers utilities. We provide **zero** support for third-party packages. |
| 22 | +If there is a GoboLinux recipe to build a program for which you have an RPM/DEB |
| 23 | +file, please use the `Compile` tool instead of the `ThirdPartyInstallers` |
| 24 | +utilities. We provide **zero** support for third-party packages. |
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18 | 26 | # Usage
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