• git@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      You should try Nala it is just an extension over Apt so 90% of same commands works but it adds things like parallel download, history and way nicer user interface. If a command doesn’t work on Nala you can still use Apt since they are compatible

  • igorlogius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    flatpak is nice, … just not sure if you would just call it a package manager … but i guess for most people that description is close enough.

  • nyawow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Definitely Nix, with flakes. Running on NixOS and Darwin. Also flatpak,appimage-run,docker when I’m too lazy to package, or when I simply don’t know how to (e.g. electron apps,dotnet)

  • cow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    APK, the alpine linux package manager. It is very fast, faster than pacman and it blows apt and dnf out of the water and APKBUILDS are not too hard to write.

  • rodbiren@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yay for Linux because it feels like the easiest way to upgrade, search and install. Scoop for windows because it is sane, only user level permission, and is surprisingly up to date with a large catalog. Also easy to add new entries.

  • Korkki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    pacman. I have most experience with it and it just seems easier than apt once one learns the commands. less to write overall.

  • GustavoM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Docker. It’s a bit incomplete (regarding available packages) but you can do some really effective stuff like making your command run as nobody or even turning off the internet completely, but just for that co—

    —…ooooh. OOOOOH. Package manager. Please forgive my ignorance. Um…paru takes the crown for me, and nala if for some reason someone is pointing a gun towards my bun forcing me to use Ubloatu.

  • anthimatter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Apt and pacman. I prefer pacman but apt is just ingrained in my synapses and, like vi, I just use it without thinking most of the time.

  • WildlyCanadian@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I like pacman/yay enough to the point that I’m hesitant to use any distro that isn’t arch-based…

    I was reinstalling Linux on my laptop a few days ago and was thinking about going for Fedora, but leaving the AUR behind felt like too big a trade off lmao I’m lazy as hell

    So here I am with yet another install of Endeavour. I always go back to it.

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Currently I think that deb + flatpak is best combo. However with immutable systems become more mainstream that might change. However I do believe that flatpak will continue.

    • firephoto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Same, and lately paru is a close second since I started using it because yay was re-downloading things and paru has the option to ‘KeepSrc’. Also my 12 year daily use Gentoo install got replaced with arch this past week to match everything else so Portage becomes a solid third place for me.

  • virr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Package format: deb Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Enhances is a far better way to handle dependencies. From the here: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

    • Depends: absolute dependency that is needed for significant functionality.
    • Recommends: strong, but not absolute dependency generally install except in unusual situations.
    • Suggests: Installing without is perfectly reasonable, and might means features like an X11 gui wont work.
    • Enhances: not a dependency, but something that will enhance the package being installed.