InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down111
arrow-up1172arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareKangie@lemmy.srcfiles.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·1 year agoWhat makes you think there aren’t equivalents out there? Gentoo’s Guru repository, for one, and any of the multitude of ebuild repositories available through the eselect repository command. The AUR is not particularly special.
minus-squarejorge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnd the AUR is not as extensive as the Nix Store.
minus-squareKangie@lemmy.srcfiles.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat sounds suspiciously like some shifting goalposts.
What makes you think there aren’t equivalents out there?
Gentoo’s Guru repository, for one, and any of the multitude of ebuild repositories available through the
eselect repositorycommand.The AUR is not particularly special.
.
And the AUR is not as extensive as the Nix Store.
That sounds suspiciously like some shifting goalposts.