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Learning Rust to make my perfect Linux programs launcher (rofi is perfect, except it isn't written in Rust) (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I know you said those are caricatures, but with C or C++, programs usually do have a make or cmake script to be built in 1-3 commands explained in the repo.

I'd have mentioned that their more typical execution error message is "segfault". Where? Fuck you, that's where.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Ah yeah, segfault is a good point. And if you get more than that, it's still often just an exit code and some generic print statement. 🫠

    And well, with C/C++ programs being difficult to compile, I was referencing that installing libraries is typically left as an exercise for the user.
    If you're on a similar distro as the dev, it's usually documented what you need to do. But if not, you get to guess what the library package might be called. Or if it's available in a compatible version. Or at all.
    You just need to hope you get lucky, which should not be a factor in whether software compiles...

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