InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareiusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoThe AUR still has a lot of niche software that hasn’t been Flatpakked, but yeah. Flatpaks are way more convenient, especially for large software where AUR compilation can take a long time.
minus-squareBrad Ganley@toad.worklinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThe other day I died of old age compiling Librewolf from the AUR
minus-squareInternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWhat’s wrong with librewolf-bin? Would you choose the Flatpack or the bin from the AUR?
minus-squareBrad Ganley@toad.worklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI ended up going with librewolf-bin. The flatpak version had some issues for me because my configs are a spaghetti nightmare
The AUR still has a lot of niche software that hasn’t been Flatpakked, but yeah. Flatpaks are way more convenient, especially for large software where AUR compilation can take a long time.
The other day I died of old age compiling Librewolf from the AUR
What’s wrong with librewolf-bin? Would you choose the Flatpack or the bin from the AUR?
I ended up going with librewolf-bin. The flatpak version had some issues for me because my configs are a spaghetti nightmare
Install librewolf-bin