Create bundle to install a traditional package manager? about clr-bundles HOT 7 CLOSED

So we do have yum in a bundle via os-clr-on-clr as it is used for working with the distros rpm packages so in theory you could install that bundle and add a configuration file to point to https://download.clearlinux.org/current/x86_64/os/repodata/ to do yum install of specific packages in the distro though things could go wrong in bad ways with that.

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Why in first place yum is there?? I believe it will interfere with other stuff and it certainly not provides help. How about rip it off and do your own stuff?

The reasoning, if I have had to use the same pkg manager, then I should not use Clear Linux in the first place. Period. I personally use at least 13 different distribution from a long time...so and most of the package manager sucks and it sucks bad way. So avoid it.
YMMV

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@unixbhaskar swupd

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Yup, I know...I am running it ..that is why I suggested discarding the other package manager on it. :)

@dkudriavtsev

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@unixbhaskar that is there for compatibility and build repeatability purposes AFAIK. using it might break the system and I only asked because I wanted a way to install chromium without compiling it (56GB and at least 12 hours)

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@unixbhaskar, yum is there for a few reasons related to building Clear Linux. It also can be handy for use cases like @dkudriavtsev described but that can be a bit more dangerous as it might conflict with a distribution provided component. Closing since I think this has been answered fully but let me know if you have any other questions.

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I found this thread and have been messing around with using yum in Clear Linux.

I wrote up a simple script and an example yum.conf here.

Thanks for your work.

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