Searching for an improved AUR manager.
Searching for an improved AUR manager.
Well yea, It's community maintained, anyone can upload a PKGBUILD to the AUR. As a result they can be poorly made, poorly maintained, orphaned, malicious, etc.. It's up to you to determine whether a AUR PKGBUILD is safe and usable. Depends on what it is. If it's something your just going to install to your local home, then yea there isn't much reason to go through the build process and package it. If you however want it to be part of the system and be able to track and manage it easily after install, then you want it to be packaged for that Distro. With that said you can make your own local PKGBUILD's that do just grab the pre-compiled binaries from external sources, you still have to build the package, but you won't have to build the source or rely on the AUR community.
There is a flag labeled "yay" that handles cleanup and deletes source files.
It's an unofficial user repository. I don't hold a positive view of "chaotic-aur" because they teamed up with Garuda, but it remains a viable choice alongside the options at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unoffic...positories
I usually start by making a bin folder in your home directory and adding it to your system path. If your application has a graphical interface, I also place a .desktop file inside the applications folder.
Find the easiest method to set up any app with a .deb file in Arch Linux. Ideal for newcomers who struggle with confusing forum tips or official guides. Both resources offer useful insights, just visit the site and download the file from its page. Remember it’s provided as a .deb package.
To install on Arch follow these steps:
1. Install debtap yay -S debtap
2. Update the database with sudo debtap -u
3. Move the downloaded thorium***.deb to your Downloads folder
4. Debap application generates an installable package
5. Run ls to confirm creation (it should have a .zst extension)
6. Execute sudo pacman -U thorium***.zst to add it to your system
Keep in mind the commands are formatted clearly and notes are highlighted for easy reference.