Was recently configuring two servers (#almalinux and #ubuntu) and found that some packages would require to use their "community" packages, with some features not fully implemented.
I miss the quick, clean and easy way of defining install instructions of #pkgbuild of #archlinux

I ended up transforming ArchLinux #aur packages to scripts, and running them on both servers 😅

Is there a tool that can read an AUR package and "just install" it on a server, not Arch based?

#fedihelp #sysadminlife

@thepanz pacstall is the closest you can get AFAIK.

@zstg thanks a lot for the hint! It lead me to the right track!

I headed to @pacstall documentation and read https://elsie19.github.io/Elsie19/2025-02-27-making-a-pacscript/ blogpost

That, in turn, mentioned about https://github.com/pkgforge/soar a "A fast, modern package manager for Static Binaries, [..]" from qaidvoid.net

That one feels more detached from the underlying OS, but will give a try at both!

Making a pacscript | Elsie's Blog

A quick mini-tutorial on making one

Elsie's Blog