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Dont install random stuff to your system guys (lemmy.kde.social)
submitted 6 months ago by rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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flatpak remote-add flathub-verified --subset=verified https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 20 points 6 months ago

If an AUR package wants to install 137 python dependencies, I usually search for a flatpak instead.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Why is this the case? Have I been installing stuff wrong my entire life?

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Beside what @fatihozs@mastodon.social wrote:

  • If the package wants to install an awful amount of dependencies it means those dependencies are only used by that package on my system. Flatpaks contains all dependencies, so the required disk space would be similar to the flatpak.
  • My feeling is flatpak install time is quicker in this case, to install 1 flatpak vs 138 AUR packages. I never measured it though.
  • I only do this if an insane amount of dependencies needed. Some dependencies are normal, if more than 50 than I think AUR is not an ideal way to distribute a software, or also include a -bin package.
  • If no flatpak available I still install the 137 dependencies, so nothing wrong with that, it's simply the way I like to manage my system.
[-] fatihozs@mastodon.social 2 points 6 months ago

@pineapplelover @infeeeee No, some people just don't want to install tons of packages just for an application they want to use to. The more package means the higher chance for system breakage. It's better checking dependencies and pkgbuild before install

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah but I thought if I installed it through AUR natively then it would be better since if other programs need those same dependencies, I wouldn't have to install them again.

[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Personally i like chaotic-aur because it's already pre compiled
The only aur packages on my is system is stacer-bin (the only cleaner i trust other than bleachbit)

[-] rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 6 months ago

Stacer for the win!

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

You can remove dependencies after install, at least in yay, I never do tho.

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

That's install dependencies (in PKGBUILD they are called makedepends), python programs usually need them for runtime (depends in PKGBUILD). On the main page of a package they are listed together, but on the PKGBUILD they are separate

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

😁 I know (well that about two types of dependencies)

That python dependency seem more a upstream issue, not a AUR issue, isn’t it? I mean, if I install the same app from another source, it still needs those dependencies, isn’t it?

this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2024
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