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(Rant) Linux really needs to do a better job with package management... (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by ramble81@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.world

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A sample journey when trying to install software:

Try your distros repos, it’s either not there or an older version
Oh wait, you need to add their repo to your list and try again
Actually, they don’t have a repo, but you can install this deb/rpm from their site
Nevermind, it actually needs to be installed with pip to get the latest version
Or wait, it was actually a rust package and needs cargo
Well, this package is available as a snap
Screw it, I’ll just build it from source…. Except the dependencies I need take me through the entire journey again

It’s crazy with a large package like mesa. It uses meson, which requires it be installed via pip, and also needs rust which is best installed via a snap, but then there are dependencies it needs that require multiple paths…

On Windows: find the msi or exe and be done with it.

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[–] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No joke. My distro hop history was:

Mint , but it's older so... (TBF I could have avoided a lot of grief and just stayed here),
Installed Bazzite , nice but my vidcard is so old it'll be unsupported next release,
Tried to install Ubuntu but the installer crashed every time,
Debian installed but holy wtf is wrong with the package management. JFC. (it is really bad, skip if you aren't intimately familiar with Linux),
Noped out of that to Fedora where it's been amazing except for the complete assholes in the support Discord.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Curious what it is about Debian package management you found wrong, except for not having the newest stuff?
I run Fedora on my gaming station because I needed a newer kernel than Debian Stable has by default but on my other machines Debian has been working well.

[–] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago

I don't remember the exact details. I've been happy on Fedora for long enough all I remember from Debian is not being able to find anything and seeing references to repo's that don't apply because I wasn't on the beta stream.

;tldr I went through the trouble of wiping and installing another distro because of the bad vibes it gave me.