WHERE IS PACMAN, our HOLY SAVIOR?
Jokes aside, paru.
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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Why are there so many paru fans? Last release is a year old, constantly out of date in AUR and failing builds in Github don't scream code quality. I prefer yay.
Because it's written in rust ofcourse.
topgrade? https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade
Kinda meant it as a joke, but that's actually super cool
It's a great tool but note that by default it upgrades EVERYTHING, up to and including production cloud environments if you are connected to any.
“The script accepts the name of a program or package as an argument when you run it. This value is then referenced as "$1" (argument number 1). Everywhere the script says "$1", it substitutes in the name of the package you gave it. The end result is the name being tried against a large number of software repositories and package managers, and hopefully, at least one of them will be appropriate and the program will be successfully installed.”
Source: explain XKCD
I don't think they asked for an explanation, but thanks anyways!
ExplainXKCD's a great site, more XKCD readers should know about it!
Nobody asked, but I needed it. Thought that perhaps I’m not alone, so now that I have the answer, might as well share it here.
That sonds like a good thought process, I'll try it too
Yep, thanks!
Microsoft: "winget!"
Nobody asked you, Microsoft. Go back to making compact nuclear reactors, because honestly that's based AF.
wasn't a thing yet when the comic was made; technology advances so quickly...
Yeah, but it's also a Windows exclusive - so it's just usable on the Windows platform, but it's a package managed for windows! winget install gimp.GIMP installs gimp, no browser necessary =)
Check the link though. Microsoft might pull a sneaky in the future. "All Winget packages will be bundled with telemetry for security" or something like that.
Where pacman?
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
flatpak install "$1"
snap install "$1"
appimage-cli-tool install "$1"
cd "$1" && docker-compose up -d
You're gonna need a -y on apt-get
The final fallback should be robodialing some tech support service and provide TeamViewer credentials
nix-shell -p "$1"
Is YaST* still a thing? Surprised Randall hasn't touched/included *SuSE. Then again, maybe the joke was already long enough.
It would be zypper these days.
gam (GitHub Application Manager)
emerge!
I am not the most experienced by any means, but wouldn't it be better to run it with a ";" in the spot off all of the "&" so that way if one of the commands fail it doesn't stop mid script?
xbps-install ?
Missing pkcon
winget install choco install scoop install
Unless you have a pretty exotic architecture, i.e neither x86 nor ARM, then arguably Docker "should" be "enough".
What are you trying to acomplish with it?
It looks to me like XY Problem
They're trying to accomplish a joke.