I have started using linux for 6 months since I leave Windows and already tried ubuntu, arch and liked mint besides arch AUR be so useful, but because I have had some issues with rolling release I choose mint, and I sometimes need latest package, there is somehow to install without being though appimage and tarball?
Your only option is universal formats like Flatpak and AppImage. I would recommend against random deb packages or compiling from source unless it’s some very tiny obscure utility that will not need any updates in the foreseeable future (so something like j4-dmenu-desktop or a fetch script).
Flatpaks the best way.
In my roughly recommended order:
- Flatpaks (great stuff)
- Crates/Cargo (if it’s a rust program)
- deb-get (assuming the .deb it fetches is from an official source (I think they are all official?))
- Homebrew
- Nix Package Manager
- bin
- Docker (occasionally useful even for desktop programs, e.g. CLI programs)
- Compile and install it yourself (test the compilation in a VM first to make sure your compilation steps work if you’re not sure about dependencies)
If it’s cli, use toolbox or distrobox. You can pull in an arch image and get the stuff from AUR.
Distrobox also works with GUI applications. Toolbox, probably too
That’s awesome then. I had some trouble with an electron app so i thought it’s complicated.
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