[Qgis-user] QGIS 3.16 Installation on Linux Mint

[Mike Flannigan]

Thanks Chris, I really appreciate the response.
Sure sounds like an area that could use some improvement.
I suspect there is a good reason why Linux Mint (LM) 19.3
cannot be called bionic instead of tricia.  So first question
is how do I cross reference names and numbers (i.e. Ubuntu
bionic = 18.04).  I did some looking.  Is LXR needed for that?
I also went into 'Release' and 'InRelease' on that website, but
could not cross reference bionic to 18.04.

Second question is how do I cross reference between Ubuntu and LM?
i.e. LM 19.3 tricia is based on Ubuntu 18.04 bionic.

I'm still looking.  I will report this if I find it.


Mike


On 12/1/20 11:03 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>
> If you go look in https://qgis.org/debian/dists/ you will see the 
> following Debian and Ubuntu dists supported:
>
> bionic/  22-Nov-2020 18:36 -
> buster/  23-Nov-2020 05:01 -
> cosmic/  08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> disco/   08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> eoan/    24-Oct-2020 12:08 -
> focal/   22-Nov-2020 22:37 -
> groovy/  23-Nov-2020 00:15 -
> jessie/  08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> precise/ 08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> stretch/ 08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> trusty/  08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
> unstable/ 23-Nov-2020 09:05 -
> xenial/  08-Aug-2020 20:57 -
>
> As far as Ubuntu goes, bionic = 18.04, cosmic = 18.10, disco = 19.04, 
> eoan = 19.10, focal = 20.04, groovy = 20.10, xenial = 16.04 and 
> precise... wow that's 12.04 which has been unsupported since 2017.  
> Well anyway.
>
> Not to mention the Debian users which have the selection of buster, 
> jessie, stretch, trusty and unstable.
>
> Not to mention the Mint users using Ulyana which is AFAIK based on 
> Ubuntu 20.04 (focal)?
>
> So probably hardcoding it to refer only to the Ubuntu 18.04 / bionic 
> distro and thereby also satisfying the Mint folks on tricia would 
> cause a lot of surprise to quite a lot of users.
>
> Also please remember that there are lots of other Ubuntu (and Debian) 
> derivative distros that can likely use the appropriate Ubuntu distro.
> -- 
> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>
> C'est ma façon de parler.

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