moseschrute@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat’s even the appeal of Linux?message-squaremessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s even the appeal of Linux?moseschrute@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square124linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days ago installing anything or even doing basic tasks is often a multi hour process pacman -S [software] That was easy.
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAlternatively yay install [software] or flatpak install [software]
minus-squaredabster291@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoOr even any of the multitude of GUI stores that exist, one of which will probably come pre-installed on your system if you’re using a just-works distro.
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOr yay [software] and pick out the software you want to install from a list.
minus-squareZexks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoNow youve overwritten older dependencies and three of your other programs now shit the bed.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agopacman exists specifically to solve dependency issues and prevent that exact scenario
pacman -S [software]That was easy.
Alternatively yay install [software] or flatpak install [software]
Or even any of the multitude of GUI stores that exist, one of which will probably come pre-installed on your system if you’re using a just-works distro.
Or
yay [software]and pick out the software you want to install from a list.Now youve overwritten older dependencies and three of your other programs now shit the bed.
pacman exists specifically to solve dependency issues and prevent that exact scenario