Recommendation for running an old program

Posted Dec 13, 2025 3:14 UTC (Sat) by abatters (✭ supporter ✭, #6932)
In reply to: Recommendation for running an old program by abatters
Parent article: Mix and match Linux distributions with Distrobox

I got it working. Compiled from source with a few tweaks on distrobox Ubuntu 20.04. Amazingly easy, given that I already did all the work to get it working on Ubuntu 20.04 previously. Thanks for all the suggestions!

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Recommendation for running an old program

Posted Dec 14, 2025 23:47 UTC (Sun) by jmalcolm (subscriber, #8876) [Link]

This is really the best solution. I am glad you got it working so easily.

I love that you can use old distros though. That would allow running a tool that no longer builds easily with modern toolchains or even binaries for which you do not have source code.

The latter case may even be for something recent. For example, I may have a proprietary binary for RHEL. With Distrobox, I can run that anywhere without weird bugs from using the wrong libraries.

Welcome to the Distrobox club. I think you are going to love it.