small osprey
So I'm starting a Unity project soon, and I found this page. However pacman can't find it.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/unityhub
currently i have the flatpak version of unity installed, but i know native performance and themes are better. Also am i wasting my time? and I should just use the flatpak version?
frank wraith
It's on the AUR, meaning you cannot simply install it with pacman, and must do some extra steps to install it
I don't think flatpaks typically have worse performance though, so if it's working fine for you it may be better to just stick with that
small osprey
will it say updated?
small osprey
I don't think flatpaks typically have worse performance though, so if it's worki...
and since its unity i dont think it would follow native styles/themes anyways so im questing if it matters
frank wraith
will it say updated?
there are some programs that you can get that will check for updates with AUR packages alongside normal ones, as well as simplifying installing them, these are called AUR helpers
small osprey
there are some programs that you can get that will check for updates with AUR pa...
so is this like a sudo make install
frank wraith
No, you use the makepkg command to install the needed dependencies, build the package, and then install it onto your system as a pacman package
You clone the repo and then use a command like makepkg -irs to install it (-s installs the dependency packages, -r removes the dependencies only needed to build the package afterwards, and -i installs the package after it's done building)
The AUR is essentially of community-made scripts (called PKGBUILDs) that say how to build the package
You can read about it here more if you want:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository
frank wraith
it's up to you in the end really, but of course each format has it's own pros and cons
flatpak's are sandboxed and are more likely to be maintained by the developer of the project, so they can be considered more secure
pacman packages may better integrate with your system, but can have dependency errors occasionally
that's just a simplification though of course
small osprey
yeah i know that but its hard to know how well apps actually integrate into your system