Yora

Why does it take so long to install programs from AUR when downloading it from the website is only 50 Mb?

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Mar 19 at 8:24amWeb
Show threadAlonely0 🦀 🇪🇺Mar 19
@yora mirrors I guess.
Show threadBeckyMar 19
@yora I mean it really depends on what kind of package it is. Many packages are typically built from source, which depending on the program can take quite a while. Packages with a -bin suffix just download the precompiled binary from the official source, but there isn't always one.
Show threadYoraMar 19
@mezz So the bin version is the one I should pick by default?
Show threadBeckyMar 19
@yora If one exists that's what I typically do. I always check on the website.
Show threadYoraMar 19

@mezz I assumed that <name> is the normal installation for my OS and <name>-bin is raw data for special purposes.

That somehow seemed logical to me. 😄

I aborted the installation of the basic version after 30 minutes, and installing the -bin version took only 20 seconds now.

Show threadBeckyMar 19
@yora Another common one you might come across is -git. These are usually the most brand new commit from a git repo, that isn't officially released yet. Those are pretty much always compiled from source.
Show threadsivecanoMar 21
@yora
Because the AUR has build steps including one where the package is compressed with zstd (so it can immediately be decompressed again)