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Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware
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this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2026
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does a linux mint-using idiot need to worry about this, hypothetically speaking?
This pertains to Arch's AUR (Arch User Repository). On Mint, nothing you do will interact with the AUR, so you're perfectly fine.
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Generally not. The AUR stands for Archlinux User Repository. It's their repo. Unless added as a source manually, you will never see a package from it.
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