r/openSUSE • u/Tiny_Bed4123 • 3d ago

How do I install Mesa with hardware decoding after the Packman repository is shut down?

Is Flatpak the only option left?

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u/friendlyreminder_ 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm seeing people state on this sub that there's interest in someone else taking over Packman.

But no if Packman is shut down you're not left to only flatpak. You can compile your own packages locally.

I've considered making a script to do this locally if Packman is shut down and nobody shows interest, but I suspect someone will.

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u/rubberoidd 2d ago

I have already created one. It automatically grabs packages from opensuse source repos and compiles them in a tumbleweed docker container.

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u/VAS_4x4 2d ago

My main gripe with openSUSE is the codec situation.

The way has been bypassing zypper through flatpacks (which may not be a bad thing) or praying the codecs you need work and the application you use uses them. If the codecs go, it just renders “half” the zypper repo useless.

Having a script is also nonsense. This has been the only thing making me actively think about migrating.

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u/friendlyreminder_ 2d ago

Unfortunately codecs are patented and until they expire Suse and Opensuse don't want to include them. H264 patents expires in around 2 years and that'll fix many codec issues. H265 issues will remain but that one's not as widely used luckily.

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u/Teemestari 3d ago

If packman is shut down*

I shouldn't worry about it just now. There has been some interest in the community to hand over the project for new maintainers.

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u/Kitayama_8k 3d ago

This has been my main concern as well, not the codecs. Wouldn't be surprised if it ends up hosted on an OBS repo, but some good samaritan with the skills would need to do it.

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u/friendlyreminder_ 2d ago

Official opensuse OBS forbids hosting legally problematic software so the codecs can't be hosted there.

What one can do is spin up their own OBS server as OBS software is open source, but that's what packman already is. That's why they're looking for volunteers to take over. It's already the best solution.

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u/DryanaGhuba 2d ago

Distrobox is another option

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u/JG_2006_C 1d ago edited 1d ago

Probly good thing h264 is such a big gripe and kdenlive and so on are realy popular anyways who gona build a local rpm repo that i can add to zypper😅 server nerd time yay

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u/Shhhh_Peaceful 2d ago

I have set up a private build service (a cheap mini-PC) on my local network to build Mesa with hardware acceleration for codecs. It syncs with OBS automatically and compiling packages with codecs support requires only a single parameter passed to the builder.