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Arch Linux – Best Tips for Beginners? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by thatdude@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I’m planning to install Arch Linux for the first time. Any recommendations on setup, must-have applications, or best practices? Also, what’s something you wish you knew before switching to Arch?

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Um. Ya, I guess. Ok.

First, how do you keep that package up to date?

Real question though is, do you really think that is better than “yay -S AURpackagehere” or even “paru AURpackagehere”?

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

To update the package, you use git to pull the latest branch code and repeat the process. You should double check if there are dependency changes though.

Like I said, its easier with a pacman wrapper, but not necessary.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Thank you. My question (or point) was how you know that the package needs to be updated? As you point out, I need to do that for dependencies as well.

You are certainly correct though. You can pull AUR packages and build them without yay or paru.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Per the Arch Wiki:

The AUR is unsupported, so any packages you install are your responsibility to update, not pacman's. If packages in the official repositories are updated, you will need to rebuild any AUR packages that depend on those libraries.

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