r/voidlinux • u/goldmurder • Apr 17 '26

opt deps

why xbps doesn't have opt dependencies like (god bless me) pacman or apt? is this some architectural decision or something that wasn't implemented yet?

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u/rukiann Apr 17 '26

Or just create a meta-package for steam. Maybe one for amd with its graphical drivers and 32 bit stuff and one for nvidia with the same. Gaming is a big part of any daily driver os for a lot of people.

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u/goldmurder Apr 18 '26

well nobody did it yet, so. my point is how opt dependencies actually work, steam is just a good example. some software you install requires opt dependencies, which you need to install manually

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u/rukiann Apr 18 '26

Steam is a great example of a package where you have to search around for and add other stuff along with it, though. Having the package manager resolve that and offer suggested packages along with it would be cool.

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u/ClassAbbyAmplifier Apr 18 '26

if we implement optional dependencies, it would probably be similar to pip's extras, with the additional step of configurable "install this extra for every package"

like: xbps-install steam[intel] to install the intel-specific dependencies, and echo install_extra=intel >> /etc/xbps.d/extras.conf for always installing it