Closed pyluyten closed 5 years ago
Do you have any comments on https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/issues/482? I don't pay much attention to package managers, but it seems like yaourt has its own set of problems as well. Personally I don't think it makes much of a difference either way. I assume that most arch users are aware that they can use their preferred package manager to access AUR packages.
ouch sorry. So, i would just point to the AUR package without precising any instruction (after all the AUR wiki page does not tell to use any helper), but you are more qualified to decide.
I'll keep it as pacaur
for now, and leave the issue open so others can weigh in.
Both pacaur
and yaourt
have issues as of now. The completely secure options are (in the order listed in arch wiki):
Out of these aurman
, trizen
and bauerbill
can also be used as full pacman replacements while the former also fetches PGP keys automatically based on the table there. Personally, I've been using pakku
as it pulls AUR comments as well, but its build syntax can be a bit cumbersome compared to yaourt/pacaur.
Manjaro has also developed the graphical pamac.
Don't recommend an AUR client at all. The proper way to install AUR packages is:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rtv.git
cd rtv
makepkg -i
Adding on to this. Don't get dragged down in managers and politics, just point to rtv aur package
It is the norm to just provide a link to the package in the AUR, every single Arch user will know how to proceed. As @mrcpj1998 suggests, AUR installation instructions are pointless specially if they include unmaintained tools.
Adding this: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/7k5suz/pacaur_now_unmaintained/
It might be time to change that, as it might be misleading for new arch-users.
Whatever you do recommend is probably not all that important. Id say either do a) "yay rtv-git" becuase "yay" sounds fun and worked for me, b) simply give a link to the arch-wiki about AUR-helpers, or c) so like @meskarune and just make them build it. :package:
Id go with yay :1st_place_medal:
I'd do the same as @pabloariasal and @mrcpj1998 said, give a link to the aur package. I would add a link to the aur documentation on archlinux just in case, but nothing more.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. @Crestwave pointed out that RTV was recently moved out of the AUR and into community. Given that, I think this discussion is now moot because I don't think anyone can argue against the legitimacy of using pacman
.
For Arch users : the README says to run pacaur. But according to this arch wiki page, this is problematic : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers
So README could instead say to run
yaourt -S rtv
or just point to repology.