r/NobaraProject 2d ago

Discussion Use nobara-sync, not dnf upgrade

As title says. And i have made this error too. Just because this is fedora doesnt mean dnf upgrade is the best way to update. Check the documentation, you need to do nobara-sync or nobara-sync cli

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u/MorwenRaeven 2d ago

Yeah, this is super important.

As we used to say in the infant days of Linux: RTFM

Read the fucking manual.

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u/JimbozinyaInDaHouse 2d ago

Out of curiosity, why use the command when the DNF app center does that? (genuinely asking)

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u/Farnhams_Legend 1d ago

Apparently there have been rare cases where the updater app failed to update itself which then caused the rest of the update to fail too whereas updating via the command would've worked.

I've seen multiple such reports which convinced me to avoid the app and only use the command.

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u/yowhyyyy 2d ago

Not everyone uses the GUI’s. Lots of people prefer command line and the terminal. In this case they should know the proper command shouldn’t they?

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u/JimbozinyaInDaHouse 2d ago

Right, I get the idea of knowing how to do it and I agree with it. But there's no benefit to running the command Vs just using the updater, is there?

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u/yowhyyyy 2d ago

No. Again, it’s just for people with different workflows. Not sure if you program at all, but it’s a common thing in that world too. Anything to minimize mouse usage. I don’t personally follow this ideology but it is very, very common on Linux.

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u/JimbozinyaInDaHouse 2d ago

Ah ok, see that makes more sense. No, I'm not a coder or programmer, just an ex windows user since 3.1. So using the mouse (to me) is more efficient, currently anyway. Thanks for the clearer explanation.

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u/yowhyyyy 2d ago

No problem. I do agree mouse is just easier for me as well. If you look into it though there’s some pretty cool setups though that are VERY quick.

In the programming world you’ll see debates between things like vim like editors and full IDEs because some people don’t like to reach for the mouse while programming. It’s pretty crazy to think about but seeing it done is kinda cool. Definitely not for me though lol

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u/CaelemLeaf 1d ago

Personally I also find the GUI a bit slow and clunky, the command line feels faster.

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u/Clanceeinfinity 1d ago

the command is way faster, i dont like the app its just so slow

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u/mdanne 2d ago

Oops! Never had any issues though and been running it for 1½ years. But thank you for the reminder

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u/nan0desu 1d ago

Looks like copr's needs to be disabled to make nobara-sync work correctly:

#!/usr/bin/env sh
sudo dnf copr disable copr.fedorainfracloud.org/scottames/ghostty
sudo dnf copr disable copr.fedorainfracloud.org/rhcontainerbot/podman-next
nobara-sync install-updates
sudo dnf -y copr enable copr.fedorainfracloud.org/rhcontainerbot/podman-next
sudo dnf -y copr enable copr.fedorainfracloud.org/scottames/ghostty

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u/Clanceeinfinity 1d ago

where did you find the information for this?

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u/nan0desu 1d ago

Just a prior experience, some COPRs aren't have any issues. But in my case nobara-sync refuses to update.