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Why don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

What's so special about it? Isn't it just a repository? Or am I missing something? If it's just a repo, Ubuntu has PPAs and everyone and their mother is creating PPAs.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    PPAs and the AUR are very different. Where as PPAs contain prebuilt .deb packages, the AUR hosts PkgBuild scripts that typically pull from a git repo and compile a program for you.

    I understand the confusion though, because they accomplish the same goal of installing software that is not in the main repos, but in different ways.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    It's a single, central, community space for build plans, which are extremely easy for anyone to create and submit.

    Edit: And easier to audit than prebuilt packages

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