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pacman (Arch's package manager) does not build from source, it downloads binary packages from the repos just like Ubuntu. Differently from Ubuntu packages are u

by Arguggi 11y ago

pacman (Arch's package manager) does not build from source, it downloads binary packages from the repos just like Ubuntu. Differently from Ubuntu packages are usually as vanilla and up to date as possible. You build packages from source when you install something from the AUR[0] or you can build from the Arch Build System [1]. [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System

ekianjo 11y ago
You are correct, I forgot about pacman - and yeah I was referring to AUR in my previous comment.
bananaoomarang 11y ago
Every binary package was built using ABS though, and a PKGBUILD is just a bash script so you do have the flexibility to build every package from source a la Gentoo.