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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sentau@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

When using software and the codecs from the packman repo, what are the best practices associated with the updating and maintaince of these packages and the system in general. Do I have to wait for sometime before updating using dup or can I use the packman modules of mesa with updated versions of the mesa modules provided officially¿? Are their dependcy issues for software sourced from packman.

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[-] ch8zer@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve found it best to avoid the pacman repo. It can leave my system in such a weird inbetween state. Seeing as you mostly want codecs I tend to prefer flatpaks for VLC, Firefox, etc.

If you insist on pacman, just wait. If you try to dup and have a conflict it means that either pacman or suse repos aren’t all updated so hold on a few days and you should be able to dup with no issues.

[-] Sentau@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

But don't you need the mesa version with the codecs inbuilt for hardware decoding with a AMD card¿?

[-] ch8zer@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, it seems to just work!

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