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Re: Build a portable linux binary?


From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA
Subject: Re: Build a portable linux binary?
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:23:49 +0900 (JST)

--- roland65
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to know if it is possible to build a portable Linux binary, that
> can be distributed on various Linux distributions, and installed by untaring
> an archive. In the best case, such a build should include most packages,
> like in the Windows build.
> 
> This is the way Firefox, Libreoffice, or even MATLAB are distributed. So,
> perhaps it's possible to do the same for Octave?
> 
> Of course, I know that we could have flatpak or snap packages, but there are
> sand boxes, and as such have issues (permission problems, gui themes, huge
> size, etc.).
> 
> So, do you think a portable Linux build can be done?
> 
> Thanks,
> RB
> 
> 
> 
mxe build for linux is one of the candidate.
I did mxe build for linux on  about two or three years before.

But I do not know its current state.

Tatsuro



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