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Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software
It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository 'AUR' has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architecture
It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architecture. This is becoming more apparent now with more open-source software coming about catering to the increasing numbers of Apple Silicon and Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 laptops and the like along with ARM servers and also multiple projects supporting x86_64 emulation on AArch64/ARM64. But if Arch Linux official policy changes around supported CPU architectures, AUR could be more permitting of non-x86_64 software in the future.
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