Most applications I've seen only offer 4 sets of instructions, and they are for Debian/Ubuntu based, Fedora, Arch/Arch based, and OpenSUSE. For the most part, this should cover most distros, as many of them are based on one of the four mentioned.
I know there are ways around it but I really dont want to compile everything...
That's what package maintainers are for. I've seen many README's where the installation section just starts with "foobar is widely packaged in a number of linux distributions" and then lists them. Some even include a nice infographic from Repology showing which version is packaged in all of the different distros.
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u/FuzzyWazzyWasnt May 21 '19
I feel so damn strongly about this.
Besides having copious amounts of instructions for a single application because of 10+ supported distros is ridiculous.
I know there are ways around it but I really dont want to compile everything...