"Just use cli bro" yeah okay, yay might be less trouble, but I like being able to keyword-search the AUR and flatpak and stuff.

I moved from Manjaro linux(icky, run by libertarians I think, smelly) to EndeavourOS(based, presumably run by commies and anarchsists, sexy) for a bunch of reasons, like Endeavour runs really well even from an old hard drive, it's a great OS. I kind of miss Pamac though.

From Mint to Manjaro I've always preferred the graphical program-installation way, which is probably windows brainworms that just won't leave. Having to yay s and remember xfce4-sensors-plugin without typos is a lot more annoying than just punching "sensors" into a search bar, so Endeavour's lack of a GUI installer is kind of troublesome to me. I tried just installing Pamac but it's made by Manjaro devs and errors out with exit status 8 or 4 more than half the time. Instead of digging in my heels and yelling about wanting Pamac to work, what else can I use on Endeavour to achieve the same ends?

  • ashinadash [she/her]
    hexagon
    ·
    8 months ago

    He thinks I'm gonna build a package on an Atom N570 data-laughing

    Never seen pacman -U before, neato. I also did not know you could git pull to update a package! So you wouldn't even recommend using yay most days?

    • thisismyrealname [he/him]
      ·
      8 months ago

      all aur helpers do is automate that process, so you are already building packages on an Atom

      • ashinadash [she/her]
        hexagon
        ·
        8 months ago

        Only some, not all of em need built, or at least most are a lot faster. Is there really no difference? I have a couple smelly PCs that do not cope well with the build process.

        • thisismyrealname [he/him]
          ·
          8 months ago

          yay and most other AUR helpers also install normal Arch packages, which are prebuilt.

          • ashinadash [she/her]
            hexagon
            ·
            8 months ago

            Beloved prebuilt packages that don't make CULV computers scream for blood <3