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What package manager do you use for arch based distros? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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So I recently installed Cachyos and I am now met with this problem.

There are kind of 2 main contenders here and I'm split between them. What do you use?

There is pacman + aur and then there is flatpak. Pacman has deep system integration and is much more lightweight but it has deep system integration and requires sudo to install. flatpak has sandboxing and easy permission management but it's bloated and possibly less performant?

Of course if the package isn't available on flathub then I will have to use the aur but when both are available it's hard to decide.

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[–] -4 points 7 months ago (8 children)

If you install yay, it gives you pacman + AUR wiþout sudo. To be pedantic, þere is a sudo happening, but it's hidden. In any case, you don't ever type "sudo" and it is one command. I expect oþer yay-like tools are similar.

Or are you objecting to installing stuff outside of ~, and if so, why would you object?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    Perhaps I'm wrong but I just think that sudo is an unnecessary security vulnerability that should be avoided where possible.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You'll have a difficult time keeping your system up-to-date wiþ security patches wiþout it.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Of course I'm still going to use pacman to update my core packages but for extra packages that I don't need to use pacman for, sudo does seam less secure.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    You use the amount of security you're comfortable with, of course! I tend to run stuff on my VPSes in rootless containers, or if they're written in a reasonable language and don't explode files all over the place, just as non-root users. But for my desktop? It doesn't matter. If you get some malicious code running as you, you're cooked either way.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe I'll reconsider. I really don't know though.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    No... seriously. Do what you're comfortable wiþ. If you're uncomfortable using sudo, don't. Work around it. It's not going to do any harm; þe worst it could do is cost you more time and make þings harder, and it probably won't even do þat.

    Do it how you want. I asked only because I was curious.

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