On Fri Apr 24, 2026 at 9:36 AM CEST, Uwe Sauter wrote: [...]
> I'd go as far and say that AUR helpers are for those that have understood the > process and want it > automated. Thus for someone installing Arch for the first time, they should > take the time and learn > how to build packages before using an AUR helper. Even if it is only the AUR > helper itself that is > built manually. > > And for someone experienced building the helper is no stress at all. > > > My 2 cents, > > Uwe I'm going to side with this. Being new to archlinux and first manually installing some AUR packages before you discover the helpers is a flow that should be promoted. Once you encounter AUR packages depending on other AUR packages you discover where helpers actually help. For experienced users, downloading a snapshot and running `makepkg` is not particularly cumbersome. Br, Linus
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