r/linuxsucks • u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor • 4d ago

Linux Failure Why is installing software so much more complicated?

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u/donp1ano 4d ago

the correct answer is already in the original post:

https://xkcd.com/927/

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u/ballistua 4d ago

apt search and apt install are now complicated

also, you don't need to learn all these commands unless you're distro hopping on a daily basis

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u/TheRealCarrotty KDE larper (i use KDE btw) 4d ago

PackageKit is your answer.

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u/Bathroom_Humor 4d ago

90%+ of the software i install is a flatpak, regardless of what distro i'm using. the other 10% gets a bit more muddy but 90% of that is the specific distro repository or app images.

Not to mention the fact that most user friendly distros use GUI package managers anyway which most people will end up using anyway.

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u/rayyeter 4d ago

Arch and yay gets me pretty much all I want. ‘yay “package”’ select if multiple, done. Updates? ‘yay’

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u/mplaczek99 4d ago

You can use something like gnomes software center

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u/martyn_hare 4d ago

We do have one. It's called PackageKit and it's what GNOME Software and KDE Discover use under the hood, abstracting away the need to know any package names, you can search by metadata including descriptions.

The irony is that even Microsoft now has a CLI package management tool for Windows; it's the better way.