Plastic SCM on arbitrary Linux distros

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I am using Arch Linux and encountered significant difficulties trying to install and run the Plastic SCM package on my system. After numerous failed attempts, I decided to run it via Docker instead, and this approach has proven successful. During my research, I discovered that many others have faced the same issue, so I wanted to share my solution in the hopes of receiving contributions and bug fixes from the community. I hope this solution works as well for you as it has for me. You can find the details here: ~klahr/docker-plasticscm - Run cm tool via Docker. - sourcehut git

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Thanks for sharing this!

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Thanks a lot @klahr !

Although is with great dissapointment that I found no flatpak or any other simple and safe way to install Plastic on Arch or Manjaro. Not even on Aur!

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I have committed a few improvements

  • When running the GUI client the terminal window is not visible anymore
  • All files in the GUI client can now be previewed in text mode
  • The default directory is now /home/ubuntu/wkspaces as that is where Plastic is looking for workspaces

To get all these changes you need to rebuild the docker image and run the install-desktop.sh script

Enjoy!

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Thanks for the update!