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flightlessmango
Correction to Arch Linux guide
Guide was missing the actual command to install the software in arch linux and based distros, it stopped at refreshing databases. I added 32 bit and 64 bit installer for Arch Linux and squeezed to just one commit as previously requested.
just adding mangohud + lib32-mangohud to db refresh command and describing would have been sufficient in my opinion
I followed a previous pull request from here
https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud/pull/1172
in my opinion even this would be enough:
Enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf with sudo Now refresh databases and install the 32-bit and 64-bit mangohud packages:
sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud
Enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf with sudo Now refresh databases and install the 32-bit and 64-bit mangohud packages:
sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud
Something like this is probably better. We get a lot of issues that stems from the user not having 32bit installed, it would be good if users are instructed to install both at the same time
sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud
Please don't force refresh your local package databases (yy) unless they are corrupt. One y is enough.
I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one, what i can say is that i tested on 2 machines with arch linux and a VM on proxmox with manjaro (to try different things) and i got no issue with checking the correct usage with a steam game. So i don't really agree on installing something that is not required, unless a lot of users start to have the same problem. I agree for not doing double "yy" but it is not something that "breaks" anything, it is just a long operation to refresh all local databases... and i just followed what is currently in the readme.
I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one
I agree with you, however I'm thinking about pacman -Syy. I believe it's bad practice to update the database without updating the system
I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one
I agree with you, however I'm thinking about
pacman -Syy. I believe it's bad practice to update the database without updating the system
As I said above, running yy is discouraged anyway - it forces a redownload of all package databases and puts unneeded strain on Arch Linux infrastructure. It should only be used to fix broken systems. A single y will check if there are updates and downloads only what's needed.
And yes, in general partial upgrades are unsupported and one should use pacman -S or pacman -Syu unless they know what they are doing.