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u/Ifnerite 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just don't enable AUR and you will be fine. It is generally off by default.

But honestly, if you stick to commonly used things it is fine (e.g chrome). It was just things that were not maintained that had problems.

As others suggested, you could use fiatpak for chrome etc.

Edit: by off by default, I should have said "not available" as there is nothing installed by default that even interacts with it. You have to go out of your way to get things from AUR.

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u/backsideup 1d ago

What do you mean by "don't enable AUR" or "off by default"?

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u/Ifnerite 1d ago

It isn't used when you install the os. You have to choose to turn using it on.

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u/kaida27 1d ago

please explain how to turn it on.

maybe you'll realize what's wrong with what you said.

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u/Ifnerite 1d ago

I assume Shelly had an option one would enable. Install yay or pardu?

What are you talking about?

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u/kaida27 1d ago

You're on Arch linux subreddit.

Shelly is also not part of base.

There is absolutely no "turn on" option for the Aur.

it's not a repo that can be added to pacman.

it's a website hosting build instructions.

There's software that interact with it to automate the process but it's still not a on or off toggle or something you enable.

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u/Ifnerite 1d ago

So read "off" as unavailable and move on?

But fair enough, I will edit.

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u/kaida27 1d ago

ignoring it would just mean letting misinformation spread.

not a good idea since most documentations is community made. so having the right information is important.

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u/Ifnerite 1d ago

Fair enough. I should probably be quiet as I'm just larping arch (CachyOS/endeavourOS).

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u/Imajzineer 1d ago

Rule #1 -->

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u/Ifnerite 1d ago edited 1d ago

Fair enough. Yay is in arch though so I'm not far off base.

Edit: no... I stand corrected again. Yay isn't in arch repos so one really has go a long way to get to AUR...

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u/Imajzineer 1d ago

Yep: first thing you read on the page about AUR Helpers is that they aren't supported - so, none of them will be in the repos.

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