Forcing Installation of App

[jhugh]

I'm running Unraid 6.12.13 and there is an app that I'd like to install but its max OS version is 6.12.10.

 

After reviewing the changes to each OS version I'd like to remain on the latest OS version and still install the app. Given the nature of the app I think the only issue is the later OS versions weren't available by the time of their last app update.

 

One thing I could do is contacting the app developer to request they update the max OS version of their app or be patient and hope they update it on their own. However, there could be cases where an app develop is not able or willing to update this setting.

 

Not just for my specific use case, but for general reference, is there a way to personally be comfortable with potential version control issues and force the installation of incompatible apps?

[Squid]

Apps

9 hours ago, jhugh said:

I'm running Unraid 6.12.13 and there is an app that I'd like to install but its max OS version is 6.12.10.

 

After reviewing the changes to each OS version I'd like to remain on the latest OS version and still install the app. Given the nature of the app I think the only issue is the later OS versions weren't available by the time of their last app update.

 

One thing I could do is contacting the app developer to request they update the max OS version of their app or be patient and hope they update it on their own. However, there could be cases where an app develop is not able or willing to update this setting.

 

Not just for my specific use case, but for general reference, is there a way to personally be comfortable with potential version control issues and force the installation of incompatible apps?

Depends upon how the app is being marked as incompatible.

 

If it's marked by myself as incompatible, then the following will work:

 

Apps, Settings - Enable Show Incompatible Apps

 

If it's marked by the author itself as being incompatible, then you have to manually edit the .plg and remove the constraints (eg: Max in the .plg entities) and then once saved onto your flash drive somewhere, install the locally saved version.  IE: This is a pain to do, and if you're not following what I'm basically saying of how to accomplish in this circumstance then its a safe assumption that you shouldn't be doing this in the first place.

 

Either way, incompatibilities are usually set for good reasons and aren't recommended to be overridden

[EDACerton]

It's easier for folks to help if you tell us what app you're trying to install However, in this case, the only apps in the CA feed with a MaxVer of 6.12.10 are the Python plugins that were maintained by dlandon.

 

Those plugins are now deprecated, so will no longer be updated: https://github.com/dlandon/python3/pull/2

 

Almost all plugins in CA are maintained in Github, so you always have the option of going to the repository and making a fork, then manually installing it after making whatever modifications you want. (This should go without saying, but the consequences of this are on you -- if you force something incompatible to install, bad things could happen.)

 

If all you want is Python, you can install it via NerdTools:

 

Edited September 8, 2024 by EDACerton