xbps
The X Binary Package System (XBPS) (by void-linux)
yay
Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go (by Jguer)
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| xbps | yay | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 126 | |
| 753 | 10,342 | |
| 4.0% | - | |
| 6.1 | 8.5 | |
| 15 days ago | 1 day ago | |
| C | Go | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
xbps
Posts with mentions or reviews of xbps.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-20.
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What would i miss out on if i used base-minimal.
I wrote the ignorepkg feature for xbps, specifically for cases like this. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/62
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xbps-remove cache removing problem
xbps-remove -O: this deletes outdated packages from the cache, the confusion probably comes from that it does not remove packages that are not installed anymore. I have an open PR for xbps to implement cleaning packages that are not installed anymore uptodate. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/530
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No automatic discovery of new package versions?
More info about xbps flags can be found on the respective man pages and on the xbps github
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xbps-alternatives error (is this just me?)
This is knowwn bug of xbps without released fix as for now https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues/312.
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Is parallel downloading planned for xbps-install
void-linux/xbps/issues/57 is the issue to follow, but i doubt it will happen soon...
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Who would like something like endeavor os but based off of void
BUGS Probably, but I try to make this not happen. Use it under your own responsibility and enjoy your life. Report bugs at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues
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What is the cleanest, most well written, best structured, open source C project you've seen?
mpv and the xbps package manager both come to mind. I read them casually and found them very easy to grasp.
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Linux Package Managers
It’s the default package manager used by Void Linux. It’s praised for being fast and reliable. more info
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Void History and Some Thoughts - Some Assembly Required
And here is the commit removing all references to the old name in xbps https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/commit/ba296b8e2c30f151417f0f0daa935653aacd3238
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Doing stupid stuff with xbps
So for context, I'm attempting to port the xbps to another distro that isn't Void Linux using the instructions over at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps.
yay
Posts with mentions or reviews of yay.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-06.
- Arch yay 0 current speed
- 2 things I didn't know about yay until today.
- How to find the download command for a program.
- Newish Linux user : package management woes
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Top Productivity CLI Tools I Use on Linux
yay is a robust and user-friendly AUR (Arch User Repository) helper for Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions written in Go.
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Installed Arch Linux
paru has better defaults and --chroot, whereas it's still an open issue for yay.
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Discovery gives "The PackageKit daemon has crashed" error suddenly (Arch)
If you use AUR packages, you might want to use an AUR helper that wraps pacman, like paru or yay.
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I'm seriously so sick of the pop ups on every website I visit.
This one: https://github.com/Jguer/yay Didn't know there were others..
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List of available software to install?
you can use an aur helper like yay
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ERROR after python3.11 update
Yay is hopelessly broken, it pretends to rebuild stuff when, in fact, it doesn't. See: https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/2153
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xbps and yay you can also consider the following projects:
pacman - pacman with Quil
paru - Feature packed AUR helper
pkgsrc - Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
trizen - Lightweight AUR Package Manager
libxft-bgra - A patched version of libxft that allows for colored emojis to be rendered in Suckless software (dmenu/st/whatever).
ansible-aur - Ansible module to manage packages from the AUR
pacman - A proof that Idris is pacman complete
rua - Build tool for Arch Linux providing control, review and jailed build options
void-runit - runit init scripts for Void
spotify-adblock-linux - Spotify adblocker for Linux
avoidance - A void dance.
Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code