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    Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)
    submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
     

    How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?

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    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    AUR. If it doesn't exist on AUR (very unlikely, but happens sometimes), I make a package for it.

    On non-arch distros, I often use LURE.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    I only use my own installer scripts with LURE, so I'm not sure about the safety of the publicly available repos. But the project itself seems to be pretty solid and reliable.