this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2024
133 points (83.4% liked)

linuxmemes

20869 readers
2479 users here now

I use Arch btw

Sister communities:

Community rules

  1. Follow the site-wide rules and code of conduct
  2. Be civil
  3. Post Linux-related content
  4. No recent reposts

Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
poopsmith
zephyr
rtxn
133
Dont install random stuff to your system guys (lemmy.kde.social)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
flatpak remote-add flathub-verified --subset=verified https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Beside what @[email protected] 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.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 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.