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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by tet@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure why noone has pointed this out but if you use paru or yay instead of pacman, installing/searching the AUR is the same as if they are in the main repo. It does all the building etc for you.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

hmm okay thanks I will check those out maybe that is the missing piece.

so paru is the equivalent to apt-build install

but unlike Debian the Repo is outside the distribution.

i think I'm getting it thank you while I have no interest in leaving debian but this will be fun in distrobox.

[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

To be specific..

Install something from the main repo:

$ paru -S package

Install something from the AUR:

$ paru -S package

To search for a package, in the main repo or the AUR:

$ paru -Ss search-term

With the search results, it clearly labels if something is from the AUR or extras or the main repo, and you can make it show AUR results first or last in the config.

https://github.com/Morganamilo/paru

I don't actually use pacman directly at all, I use paru for everything and it's seamless.