Warp Preview pacman repo?

[jaunty swallow]

Hi! So currently I have Warp as a pacman repo to get auto updates, which is really cool. But with the announcement of Warp Alpha, I want to switch to it. Is there a way to do so while keeping the auto update?

[ivory kayak]

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[jaunty swallow]

Also, I can't seem to find Warp Alpha, only Preview..?

[turbid lagoon]

Hey, There is Warp Preview, not Alpha, we've been out of alpha for many years now.

I recommend you install Preview by downloading at https://www.warp.dev/download-preview

Then further updates shoud be from within the app like normal.

[jaunty swallow]

Oh, what is it then?

💡 What’s new:
Warp Preview: A fresh build with early access to cutting-edge features.
Warp Alpha: For the most dedicated Preview users, we’re offering unlimited AI access and exclusive perks.

[turbid lagoon]

The Alpha program is invite only and for dedicaed Warp Preview users

It provides access to some perks. https://docs.warp.dev/getting-started/warp-preview-and-alpha-program

[jaunty swallow]

Within the app right? Will it also be as a pacman repo at some point?

[turbid lagoon]

I'm not sure to be honest with you, i'll have to check

[jaunty swallow]

Thanks a lot!

[jaunty swallow]

No problem. Don't hesitate to ping me if you have some news about it 🙂

[turbid lagoon]

For now i recommend installing it from the pkg.tar.zst on the download site

[jaunty swallow]

Yup, done it

[jaunty swallow]

Btw, installed it this way but I there is no icon (at least for me)

[turbid lagoon]

Interesting I'm seeing it in Arch. I insalled with sudo pacman -U <warp-preview_file>

[jaunty swallow]

Hmmm, weird

Does it change something that I'm on KDE?

[turbid lagoon]

Not sure, i'm using gnome, maybe requires a restart or something.

Also afaik if you have the repository setup you may be able to update with sudo pacman -Sy warp-terminal-preview

[jaunty swallow]

A restart gave me back the icon!

Unfortunately, target not found

[turbid lagoon]

hm ill have to check, we will know for sure next week when preview updates released lol

[jaunty swallow]

Good to know, thanks a lot! Well, again, ping me whenever it happens, it'll be a pleasure to try it out 🙂

[turbid lagoon]

@jaunty swallow from Eng team:

yes, people can use their package managers, but there’s a different repository than the stable one. like with stable, we’ll automatically configure the repo when they install the preview build

So it doesn't work not, since we are working on this, but when released running sudo pacman -Sy warp-terminal-preview should work

[jaunty swallow]

Just gotta wait for the release now then. Do we have an eta by any chance?

[turbid lagoon]

Just submitted the PR now so should be in next weeks release afaik. we'll post on the changelog most likely in the Preview build