Arch Linux

niko787

Member

Registered: 2022-03-10

Posts: 5

Confused about duplicated packages in AUR

Why there are two versions of this package in aur: yacreader? And which one should i install?

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yacreader
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yacreader-bin

Last edited by niko787 (2026-04-30 13:51:32)

WorMzy

Administrator

From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,452

Website

Re: Confused about duplicated packages in AUR

As with any AUR package, you should read the PKGBUILDs. The yacreader package builds from source, while yacreader-bin repackages a pre-compiled archive.

---

Sakura:-
Mobo: MSI MAG X570S TORPEDO MAX // Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @4.9GHz // GFX: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT // RAM: 32GB (4x 8GB) Corsair DDR4 (@ 3000MHz) // Storage: 1x 3TB HDD, 6x 1TB SSD, 2x 120GB SSD, 1x 275GB M2 SSD

Making lemonade from lemons since 2015.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,935

Re: Confused about duplicated packages in AUR

Packages which name ends with -bin use binaries created by others and repackage them for archlinux.
One of the reasons for -bin packages is that build time and memory needs may be very high on user systems .

For these packages specifically :
Yacreader builds from upstream source against qt6 .

Yacreader-bin repackages a rpm from fedora that runs on qt5 .

Choosing between them is mostly a personal decision.

Do you mind having qt5 on your system ?
Is your system powerful enough to build yacreader from source in a reasonable time ?

If you answer is no to both, use the -bin .

---

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

niko787

Member

Registered: 2022-03-10

Posts: 5

Re: Confused about duplicated packages in AUR

I installed yacreader-bin because it was faster. I tried first yacreader but i lost patience waiting for the installation to finish and cancel it.

cryptearth

Member

Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,087

Re: Confused about duplicated packages in AUR

it was hardly the actual installation - but the building from source ... which then gets stuffed into a packet just to get extracted again right afterwards which doesn't take much time