Nextcloud - Archlinux packaged apps verse Nextcloud store - What is the difference?
Devs, I've used nextcloud in Arch for a couple of years. When I installed, it was just the Nextcloud webapp that was available and the applications were packaged by nextcloud with additional apps available in the nextcloud store. Now there are "nextcloud-app-xxxx" packages provided by Archlinux, e.g. nextcloud-app-bookmarks nextcloud-app-calendar nextcloud-app-contacts nextcloud-app-main nextcloud-app-news nextcloud-app-notes nextcloud-app-spreed Did something change that now means I should be installing the nextcloud-app-xxxx packages instead of the apps that are already in Nextcloud? The wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nextcloud is silent on the packaged apps. Are they different from what is available in the nextcloud store? Better? Just trying to figure out why they are packaged and if I should switch to them. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
El mar, 22-10-2024 a las 16:39 -0500, David C. Rankin escribió:
Did something change that now means I should be installing the nextcloud-app-xxxx packages instead of the apps that are already in Nextcloud? The wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nextcloud is silent on the packaged apps. Are they different from what is available in the nextcloud store? Better?
The result from installing them from the package to installing them from Nextcloud will be the same (it is the same software). Here the difference is in what is more comfortable for you, whether to use the version maintained by Arch or the version provided by Nextcloud. Greetings. -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me
On 10/23/24 1:41 AM, Óscar García Amor wrote:
El mar, 22-10-2024 a las 16:39 -0500, David C. Rankin escribió:
Did something change that now means I should be installing the nextcloud-app-xxxx packages instead of the apps that are already in Nextcloud? The wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nextcloud is silent on the packaged apps. Are they different from what is available in the nextcloud store? Better?
The result from installing them from the package to installing them from Nextcloud will be the same (it is the same software). Here the difference is in what is more comfortable for you, whether to use the version maintained by Arch or the version provided by Nextcloud.
Thank you Oscar, Using the Arch packages then provide the benefit of avoiding the app-store timeouts that regularly occur. To migrate do we just: occ app:remove --keep-data pkgname Then install the Arch package? Or simply use the Nextcloud app UI to remove the app before installing the arch package? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
El mié, 23-10-2024 a las 09:58 -0500, David C. Rankin escribió:
Thank you Oscar,
You are welcome!
Using the Arch packages then provide the benefit of avoiding the app-store timeouts that regularly occur. To migrate do we just:
occ app:remove --keep-data pkgname
Then install the Arch package? Or simply use the Nextcloud app UI to remove the app before installing the arch package?
Personally I prefer the command line method because you can be sure that it will keep the settings (using the UI I don't really know if it deletes everything). And yes, the process should be to first uninstall (so that there are no file conflicts) and then install the package manager version. And well, the usual advice, first make a backup copy just in case. ;-) Greetings. -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me
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