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searching for FLOSS packages in arch-based distro? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using manjaro for a couple of years and I really like it. especially the wide variety of packages available. Recently been using yay to find/install.

I prefer to run FLOSS packages when they are available. But I do not find a convenient way to preferentially seek these out. Even to know what licenses apply without individually researching each specific package.

It does not seem to be possible to search, filter or sort based on license in the web interface for packagegs or AUR. I do not find anything about it in man pacman(8) or man yay(8).

The only way I have found to find license info from the terminal is using expac. You can use %L to display the license. I guess you could combine this in a search to filter, similar to some of the examples listed on pacman/Tips and tricks - ArchWiki. But I haven't quite got it to work.

This seems like something other people would want but I don't find any available solution for it. Am I missing something? Or is it something with the arch-based distros?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ah wonderful!

Your GNU/Linux is infected with 87 proprietary packages out of 5290 total installed.
Your Stallman Freedom Index is 98.36

boooooooooo!!!

Somehow my wifi drivers have become non-free? I am pretty certain I selected the free variant during install. Though come to think of it I wasn't clear how assertive that option was. I do think there are free drivers for this.. hmm.

As FYI for anyone reading this,you need to use -f to get a complete list. It only shows me about a dozen even though it says there 87! The information is carefully hidden.

This thread is hurting my brain

i live like this all the time. :/ wouldn't wish it on anyone else. sorry to inflict my cognition on you but I appreciate your time :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Oh don't apologize! It's nothing to do with you, I'm just dumb lol