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@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ arch-ppa
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arch-ppa is a tool that easily creates and maintains your own Arch |
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package repositories. Kind of like the Personal Package Archives (PPA) |
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that Ubuntu has, but way easier. |
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The Arch User Repository (AUR) is convenient, has tons of software, is |
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generally awesome, but is inherently insecure. Anyone can upload |
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anything they want to the AUR. This is why I don't like to use AUR |
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helpers like `yaourt` or `pacaur`. Using the AUR with a helper |
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requires you to be diligent in reviewing the PKGBUILDs it downloads, |
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in order to make sure it doesn't include things like viruses or |
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trojans, or downloading from a weird URL. |
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Linux package repositories. Kind of like the Personal Package Archives |
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(PPA) that Ubuntu has, but way easier. |
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The [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/) (AUR) is |
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convenient, has tons of software, is generally awesome, but is |
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inherently insecure. Anyone can upload anything they want to the |
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AUR. This is why I don't like to use AUR helpers like `yaourt` or |
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`pacaur`. Using the AUR with a helper requires you to be diligent in |
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reviewing the PKGBUILDs it downloads, in order to make sure it doesn't |
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include things like viruses or trojans, or downloading from a weird |
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URL. |
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I wanted a way to maintain my own repository of PKGBUILDs, downloaded |
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from the AUR, that I have manually verified. Building and installing |
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