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2.5 hours? That sounds like a severe exaggeration. For example, most software in the Arch User Repository installs in a few minutes or less on reasonably modern
by commoner 5y ago
2.5 hours? That sounds like a severe exaggeration. For example, most software in the Arch User Repository installs in a few minutes or less on reasonably modern hardware. In many cases, Linux users also have the option of installing binary packages outside of their repos instead of compiling from source.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago> In many cases, Linux users also have the option of installing binary packages outside of their repos instead of compiling from source. In my experience that's relatively rare. Occasionally they have an AppImage, which is great, maybe a PPA if you're on Ubuntu. but otherwise the best you can do is try to hack some other distro's binary to work. For most niche software I've found that it is only available as source though. Then you get to try and get a working build environment...