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(Almost) nobody is using Arch Linux on servers, but I find its package system to be very good (not surprising since it was mostly copied from BSD ports). A few

(Almost) nobody is using Arch Linux on servers, but I find its package system to be very good (not surprising since it was mostly copied from BSD ports). A few random examples (not the best you could find, just something I've used recently): - re-packaging pre-built binaries: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=visual-studio-code-bin https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=visua... https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=nomad-bin https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=nomad... - building C from source https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=tinc-pre https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=tinc-... - building Go from source https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yay https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yay - patching and building a kernel https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=linux-ck https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=linux...

curt15 5y ago
Does Arch support installing multiple versions of libraries?
- tomjakubowski 5y ago
  Yes, but only if they're packaged separately. PKGBUILD is easy, so it takes very little effort to repackage older library versions under a new name (and patch dependents to use the new name) if you need them.
- KingMachiavelli 5y ago
  Not really. There are a few applications that can be installed because the install path different for each version, things like Java support this. But libraries like glibc, etc. are tied to one version so anytime those libraries change it triggers a rebuild of many packages.
Topgamer7 5y ago
I was having problems building wine. So I used the arch pkgbuild and just didn't do the install phase. Made compiling pretty simple. And all the outputs are nicely defined in the aur repo locally.
messe 5y ago
Alpine (apk) and Void (xbps) have similarly nice packaging systems.

curt15 5y ago

Does Arch support installing multiple versions of libraries?

tomjakubowski 5y ago
Yes, but only if they're packaged separately. PKGBUILD is easy, so it takes very little effort to repackage older library versions under a new name (and patch dependents to use the new name) if you need them.
KingMachiavelli 5y ago
Not really. There are a few applications that can be installed because the install path different for each version, things like Java support this. But libraries like glibc, etc. are tied to one version so anytime those libraries change it triggers a rebuild of many packages.

Topgamer7 5y ago

I was having problems building wine. So I used the arch pkgbuild and just didn't do the install phase. Made compiling pretty simple. And all the outputs are nicely defined in the aur repo locally.

messe 5y ago

Alpine (apk) and Void (xbps) have similarly nice packaging systems.