And Gentoo as well, but shush : linuxmemes

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Distrobox is your friend. Me, I like an immutable OS (kinoite) but I still want the AUR...

distrobox-create --name arch --image archlinux:latest
distrobox enter arch
install yay as normal
yay -S vscodium
distrobox-export --app vscodium
yay exa
distrobox-export --bin /usr/sbin/exa
exit [back to kinoite]
exa [works]
vscodium [works, has icon in application launcher]

Try it, you might like it !

[-] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Ooh, a fellow Kinoite user!

I'm actually aware of Distrobox, but the thing I had in mind was for managing gaming wheel drivers, so I don't think it'd work on distrobox. It's not really that big of a deal honestly, I just made this meme to poke fun at it ^^'

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Fair enough, but CUDA stuff works surprisingly well for e.g., I'd give it a go if it's just USB.

Kinoite Represent!

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 24 points 11 months ago

You Linux people are funny.

I just download the Windows versions and run them with Wine.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I don't understand any of this, my windows install is on a 120GB SSD, it's full now and I can't update my graphics driver.

[+] tetraodon@feddit.it 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[-] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

You beat me to it! I also use Arch BTW.

[-] intelati@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I use Arch BTW.

But also I feel like handing a AUR manager to a person is like giving them a block of C4 and a detonator and saying "good luck"

Stupidly powerful, but you can blow your hand or foot off in a second if you're not aware

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

./configure && make && sudo make install

Get off my lawn.

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I copy pasted this in my terminal and got an error. Apparently my Linux doesn't know &&

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I can't imagine that's true.

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

It automatically converted the code, I edited the comment

[-] frippa@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

I'm a noob, isn't every (open source) program aviable for every distribution if you compile it from source? It's all Linux in the end (i never compiled a program from source, so I don't know if it's easy at all)

[-] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 5 points 11 months ago

Some programs may use libraries or tools specific to a distributions package manager. For example, yay, an AUR helper/pacman wrapper. You would have a very hard time getting it to work on Debian.

Other programs might only include build scripts for a distro specific build system. For example, a program might skip using a Makefile, and do everything in the Arch-specific PKGBUILD.

Generally though, most software uses a standard cross-distro (or even OS) build system. In this case, compiling from source would be an option on any distro. The program might still only be packaged for Arch/NixOS/Gentoo (or others), as it is a very simple process to do so.

[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Usually the only tricky part of compiling from source is tracking down dependencies. The package manager does that for you normally but you're not using the package manager when compiling from scratch. The actual building (even compiling a kernel) isn't all that complicated.

[-] HenriHenr@feddit.de 10 points 11 months ago

I use arch btw

[-] wallmenis@lemmy.one 9 points 11 months ago

distrobox for most cases should be fine...

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

This is not a problem, I use garuda btw.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

Can't you just use it though distrobox and podman?

[-] hottari@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Not as easy or as convenient as yay -Sy appname

[-] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

it actually is, you just append the distrobox command before it

distrobox enter arch -- yay -Sy appname

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

...or nixpkgs they have the most packages of any distro (although, I don't know if they also count all the language specific libs like from pypi, npm, crates, etc.)

[-] dmrzl@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Yes, most packages are auto-generated from those. When it comes to manually generated packages AUR should still be #1. Not that I ever missed any packages in nixpkgs...

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

You can install their package manager on your distro of choice

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Just do whatever the package file says.

[-] raubarno@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Same. Yesterday, I found Vulkan drivers for virtual machines (vulkan-virtio) , but it's packaged only for archlinux. And I gave up trying to build from source yesterday.

[-] binboupan@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

or only as appimage

[-] jernej@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Skill issue (I use arch btw), all jokes aside maybe try distrobox it should work perfectly

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

There are many things that can stop me from running a program but what distro I'm using is not one of them.

Become distro-agnostic. Don't be afraid of source code.

[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Seriously, look at what the pkgbuild is doing on Arch and replicate it by hand on your distro of choice. That's all a pkgbuild is: a simple bash installation script.

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago

have fun translating all the package names!

[-] MCk3@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What software only works on Arch? If anything I see stuff that’s packaged for arch but can be installed from source on other distros without issue.

Ubuntu-only software, on the other hand, is infuriating

[-] alteredEnvoy@feddit.ch 1 points 11 months ago

TBF I found the first party packaging tools for Debian are very hard to use. I always end up using nFPM or makedeb anyway

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago

simply destroy arch

[-] azurefirefly@lemmy.basedcount.com 0 points 11 months ago

Maybe OpenSUSE if you're lucky