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when i download a package from pacman is it compiling source or fetching a binary?, also is this the same with yaourt and the aur?
what is abs used for?
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pacman: binaries from official repos
abs: to build official repos packages from source with PKGBUILDs+makepkg
aur: unofficial PKGBUILDs
further info: man pages+wiki
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what binaries does arch use? i am only aware or rpm packages and debian
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pacman is a unique package system...it doesn't use anyone else's package format.
[home page] -- [code / configs]
"Once you go Arch, you must remain there for life or else Allan will track you down and break you."
-- Bregol
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what binaries does arch use? i am only aware or rpm packages and debian
arch uses its own .pkg.tar.gz binaries, which are basically just tar.gz archives.
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ok thanks
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