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by c-hendricks 950 days ago
> There is the Arch AUR where the community can contribute packages. I don't remember having had to compile a dependency from source, because everything I need is either in the official repo, or on the AUR

When you install from AUR you are compiling from source though. Unless you're using chaotic aur, which only packages a subset of what's available.

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Yes, my mistake, and good catch! I meant "having to write the recipe myself".