Difference between revisions of "Arch User Repository"

Although Manjaro is one-hundred percent Arch Linux compatible—being based on Arch Linux itself—it is not possible to access their official repositories for use in Manjaro. Instead, Manjaro uses its own repositories in order to ensure that any software packages that are accessible (e.g. system updates and applications) have been fully tested and are stable before release.

With that said, it is still possible to access additional software packages from the ''[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR Arch User Repository]'' (AUR). The AUR is managed by the Arch Linux user community itself. Although this repository is unofficial, software packages first placed here can ultimately make their way into Arch Linux's official (community) repository if they become popular enough. '''Unfortunately, as a community maintained repository, using the AUR does still present potential risks and problems.''' Risks, such as, the AUR providing:

* Multiple versions of the same packages.

* Out of date packages.

* Broken or only partially working packages.

* Improperly configured packages (e.g. downloading unnecessary dependencies, or not downloading necessary dependencies, or both).

* Malicious packages (although extremely rare) .

As such, although much of the software packages provided by the AUR should work, do not expect the installation process to always be quite as straight-forward as when you are using the official Manjaro repositories. On occasion, it may be necessary to manually identify and install dependencies yourself (e.g. after an aborted installation attempt). Again, there is no guarantee that any installed software will work properly (if at all).