Comments on: How to Install AUR Packages in Arch Linux https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/ All things Linux & Open Source Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Bobby Borisov https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/#comment-48362 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:51:02 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50535#comment-48362 In reply to Anonymous.

Hi,

Actually, no. The first is the number of votes (in AUR) that the package gets from users; the second is the popularity (again in AUR).

Best,
Bobby

]]> By: Anonymous https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/#comment-48347 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:23:12 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50535#comment-48347 Hi,
Thanks for this, but what do the parenthesised numbers listed at the end of search results mean? E.g.,

aur/gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock 1:89-1 (+122 0.96)

Does the (+122 0.96) mean something like the current version is 0.96, 122 commits ahead of the packaged version?

]]> By: Anonymous https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/#comment-37792 Wed, 03 May 2023 07:17:56 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50535#comment-37792 Hi Bobby, great article. Thanks !

]]> By: Bobby Borisov https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/#comment-31587 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 21:02:05 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50535#comment-31587 In reply to cubethethird.

Hi cubethethird,

Personally, I’ve never had such an issue (pacman -Sy), but I still find your remark relevant, and thank you for that. The appropriate changes have been made.

Best,
Bobby

]]> By: cubethethird https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-aur-packages-in-arch-linux/#comment-31582 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:54:01 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50535#comment-31582 Please, please, PLEASE, do not encourage inexperienced users to pass the -y flag to pacman without -u, or visa-versa (-Sy/-Su). This can result in incompatible package versions to be installed together, and potentially break the user’s system. Even if you are experienced, there is rarely reason not to use ‘pacman -Syu’ all together. In term of just installing packages, ‘pacman -S ‘ will often suffice.

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