moseschrute@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat’s even the appeal of Linux?message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s even the appeal of Linux?moseschrute@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMuad'dib@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 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-up3·4 days agoAlternatively yay install [software] or flatpak install [software]
minus-squaredabster291@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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-squareZexks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoNow youve overwritten older dependencies and three of your other programs now shit the bed.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days 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.
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