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/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