What's the Best AUR Helper? (Paru vs Yay vs Pikaur)

[@Twoface227]

Thank you for this video. Often I find vids on KZbin about Arch and I have been wanting to try it, but everyone just tosses out program names like a new user would have any idea what they are. This not only explained exactly what they are and what they are used for, but also gave various alternatives. TIL o/

[@AmexL]

Thanks for this vid. I would definitely like a vid on how to manually build packages as I’m new to Arch so I’ll look forward to that in the future. Thanks!

[@LordOfWizardurl]

Paru is fast af, works for me and i don't actually have to compile it

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Yeah, installing it from paru-bin instead of paru saves a little time

[@nilz91]

There is yay-bin that you don't have to compile as well

[@GH05TYPLAYz]

I’m going to make my own solution for this, I had no idea this stuff existed😅

[@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm]

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[@oglothenerd]

What WM are you using? And where can I find the dots for it? I love it! I want to take a look at the Polybar specifically!

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Bspwm, you can find the dotfiles in the description!

[@devviz]

5:35 `bat` command is very suitable for files with long content, but for short content files do use `cat` for simplicity

[@Redyf]

What colorscheme is that in your terminal? Looks great

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

I have been trying Pikaur for a few days now. I like the output how it separates the repos and that is neat. I don't use but one program from the Aur nowadays because they have all moved to the community repos... Lol Thanks for the video! LLAP 🖖

[@EricMurphyxyz]

True, all of my favorite AUR packages are now in the community repos!

[@jeffreygrantsmith]

Another helpful video. Thanks brother.

[@Gabriel-rg7cy]

I would want Pikaur in most cases, but sometimes I need to make Installer scripts, in these cases, yay for sure

[@vicmac3513]

Bugswriter made a video about 'foot'-terminal and I thought you might be interested. Shows pictures, has search, emoji support, url hints and wayland support out of the box. Cpu accerelated and written in C.

[@EricMurphyxyz]

I don't use wayland, but I might try it out in the future. I've been meaning to for a while.

[@vicmac3513]

I know and I'm on the same boat. Xorg has its advantages still for long!

[@happygofishing]

@@vicmac3513 foot is very minimal, it feels just as fast as ST.

[@madthumbs1564]

I used paru for installing and topgrade for updating.Topgrade works in other distros as well.

[@EricMurphyxyz]

That seems like an interesting tool, I've never heard of that before. I might have to check that out.

[@SwampyPanda3]

I installed yay from rebornos repository. It does let me read package builds ig by default.

[@alifi_chiganjati]

paru not updated form 6mo, i go back to yay

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Still seems to be being maintained. Last commit was 3 weeks ago on github

[@BendyLemmy]

For sure, are we rating software by how buggy it is and how often it needs updating?@@EricMurphyxyz

[@davidaravena3859]

Nice Video. Octopi is another great graphic Package helper too. Have you know it? Regards

[@hamsteerio]

Please make a qemu command scripting/syntax tutorial and explain to me if arch makes sense as a “0th” level os when running virtual machines or docker containers is better supported by enterprise supported os?

[@mzakyr342]

I use paru and pikaur i use pikaur for package that take long time to build if i use yay and leave him for a long time when i come back he says timeout because i was to long not prompting my password

[@EricMurphyxyz]

That should be fine, I haven't tried it personally but I don't think using multiple AUR helpers would cause any issues

[@wonagra]

Thanks )

[@wahebdz]

Isn't paru flagged out of date?

[@Perisys1312]

I only mean this to inform and correct you, not upset or angry, paru's current developer (who might not be the same as the original writer, but I have to say since it is a good chance.) uses they/them pronouns, not he/him.

[@Perisys1312]

I vastly prefer paru in my case

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Oh my bad, I didn't know, thanks for the heads up

[@Perisys1312]

@@EricMurphyxyz No problem!

[@piushpaul4880]

@@Perisys1312 why do people care so much for gender? I dont get so offended if someone calls me they/them or she/her? Just curious

[@Perisys1312]

@@piushpaul4880 In complete honesty I doubt your curiousness, but to answer, for others, their identity is an important piece of who they are, and they want others to respect said identity. Simple as

[@Good_BorisAV]

_Thank you very much, kind man!_ _An interesting video clip. It is very interesting and informative!_ 🇷🇺