I ran yay -Syu and everything went well but electron25 has taken over 10 hours to update. Is there anything I could have done to speed things up?

Solution: I checked AUR and other people were commenting about similar issues. I swapped out the package for the -bin version.

  • NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m not sure if you’re building from source or not. If you’re using the electron25 AUR package you will be, and it will take longer to compile the whole package. You can try using electron25-bin instead to install a precompiled binary.

    You might also try using Reflector to find faster mirrors.

    As a side note, do you actually need electron25? The Arch “extra” repository has a number of different (and newer) electron versions packaged that may or may not meet your needs.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Thanks for commenting. It was because I was building it. I did end up switching to -bin. It was easier than I thought. All I had to do was try to install electron25-bin and it gave me the option to remove electron25.

      As a side note, do you actually need electron25? The Arch “extra” repository has a number of different (and newer) electron versions packaged that may or may not meet your needs.

      I think it’s just needed by balena-etcher.

    • bready2die@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      4 months ago

      Checking for -bin options is a good rule of thumb in general when using AUR, my computer is a potato so I try to avoid building from source when I can