Don't make this mistake when downloading from the AUR... (Arch User Repository)

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Do you use the AUR? If you use Arch Linux, of course you do. But if you've been downloading and installing packages indiscriminately from the Arch User Repository, it might be time to actually take a look at what you're downloading and running. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to run random scripts from strangers online?
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0:00 The problem with downloading from the AUR
2:07 Uhh, what's a PKGBUILD?
4:12 Reading the PKGBUILD with an AUR helper
6:01 How safe is the AUR, really?
7:07 Reading through diffs on updates
8:03 What to look out for in PKGBUILDs
9:44 Best practices with the AUR
10:22 My recommendations
10:48 Doesn't everyone already know this?
11:33 Conclusion

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6 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 41

@masterofegg8950 Год назад

Love how that Reddit post basically amounts to the classic “can’t exit vim” meme lol

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

It was actually can't exit less, but close enough haha

@l30n.marin3r0 8 месяцев назад

I just turn the laptop off and turn it on again, that's how I exit vim, love it!

@andbenn Год назад

This is very very very wise advice. AUR is often over-hyped as a benefit of the distro and Arch-based distros, yet is a decent risk. Be careful!

@LordTrashcanRulez Месяц назад

The benefits greatly outweigh the very rare malicious program. That's like saying pirating is overhyped because you can get a virus

@anonymouscommentator Месяц назад

@@LordTrashcanRulezpirating is overhyped and it can get you a virus yes

@jesse7631 Год назад

Excellent and informative video about the AUR. Thank you Eric!

@9Lights Год назад

Thanks a lot! I learnt how AUR's work. Keep doing useful videos. Good luck

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

Thanks, glad you found it useful!

@dpi3 8 месяцев назад

this was very helpful!

@Skelterbane69 Год назад

I see the AUR as a last resort. If it ain't in some regular repo, or as a flatpak, I only get it from the AUR if I NEED the program.

@GoblinArmyInYourWalls Месяц назад

Why is that?

@Skelterbane69 Месяц назад

@@GoblinArmyInYourWalls Idk, I feel they're just way less stable and a hassle to deal with

@wile123456 12 дней назад

@@GoblinArmyInYourWalls It doesn't take that long to compile the program yourself from github, and most modern apps have built in auto updaters anyway

@HoboHero Год назад

Two different Erics in one video 😄 Great vid as always, thanks!

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

Haha, had to rerecord a part of the video during editing

@plazmax Год назад

superb 👌

@tims1979 Год назад

I've found that I prefer to just manage AUR packages manually. I can see on the AUR page what kind of rating a package has.

@l30n.marin3r0 8 месяцев назад

How do you go about that? This is my first day on Arch. There isn't really a straight answer about how to go about not using an AUR helper. The reason I finally decided to get into Arch is because I'm sick of my computer having shit I never use or never care about (I don't understand why distros make such a big fuss about: Look! Our ICONS ARE VERY PRETTY!) and I got sway while using Lubuntu and ran Inkscape only to find out that it looks fantastic in wayland, actual straight lines, no graphic glitches while moving objects around but couldn't use gimp because reasons, couldn't use the dmenu because of those very same reasons, got fed up, installed arch and even got Ardour8, Lubuntu only has Ardour6, OBS Studio looks great too. Anyway, If you could reply about not using a aur helper, it would be great, thanks!

@r0yce Год назад

That last guy thought showing pkgbuild was a bug lmao. Bro would get destroyed on the arch forum. That was sooo funny and cringe at the same time.

@bocimino463 3 месяца назад

Nobody is talking about the water dumped on this chad at 2:52.

@jesse7631 Год назад

Eric, whenever I've used Arch, I installed Paru as my AUR helper and ViFM as the file manager it would use to show the files in the package. Is that what you're using here?

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

Close, except I'm using lf as my file manager. That's a good setup.

@guilty_mulburry5903 Год назад

reminds me of when I asked people for a pirated game on Newgrounds forums when I was like 12 lmao "why doesn't this work all it does is open CMD!"

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

Oh no 💀

@user-zn3zx6fk7u Год назад

yes

@lucasliberato9 Год назад

what window manager is that?

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

bspwm

@lucasliberato9 Год назад

@@EricMurphyxyz tyvm!

@omerfarooqsyed7693 Год назад

talk about removing home file, I recently did rm -rf /* instead of rm -rf ./* and oh boy, did I screw myself sideways then.

@user-zn3zx6fk7u Год назад

"I prefer to use a terminal" be like:

@EricMurphyxyz Год назад

rm -rf commands are scary, I always have to triple check to make sure I'm not deleting all my files

@Rood67 16 дней назад

Great information. Completely useless for a noob trying to jump from Windows after all the changes micro$oft is throwing out. They watch a video and hear some distro is good, and they install and try running the cool stuff they see in other videos. For me, I need Pulse Secure VPN for work, that isn’t in pacman. Fortunately, I know enough to look at the pkgbuild, but I don’t know chmod codes for the -Dm755 or 644 etc…. Some of the other script command that are #bash?? I don’t know well either. So saying to look at it is great, nut useless as the example at the end demonstrates.

@gogereaver349 4 месяца назад

these days mostly flarpaks.

@danduby8416 11 месяцев назад

When I had Arch, I never bothered with the AUR, just like I never bothered with the forums. If not in Pacman, who needs it.

@rafaburdzy449 2 месяца назад

1;47 that is just crazy ``rm -rf /^ should be obvious that rm is remove that is just unbelievable that steam would to such a mistake. Your video is very important for spreading awareness thanks DO USE THIS COMMEND `` rm-rf /^