Re: [orca-list] Orca 3.29.3 hopefully coming to an unstable distro near you

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Joanmarie Diggs writes:
> ...
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe another option for folks who want
> to have Orca master from the safety and convenience of a package
> manager, is to use Arch as your distro. I don't know the details, so
> hopefully Arch users can help out others who want to pursue this route.

Exactly. Arch provides something called the Arch User Repository (AUR).
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

In the AUR there is a script that can be used to install Orca Master
called orca-git. It follows a common practice on the AUR for enabling
easy installation of leading edge package development versions, i.e.
there are many -git scripts on the AUR. Here's relevant info on
orca-git:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/orca-git

There are also front ends to the standard AUR makepkg app that provide
the functionality of pacman so that, once the front end is installed and
configured, one can update to the last master with a command like the
following:

pacaur -S orca-git

As I say all this I also hasten to add that there are caveats and
various security concerns over which process to follow in using the aUR,
probably even about using it at all. Note also that orca-git needs an
update inasmuch as the GNOME packages have moved since Microsoft bought
github.

Janina

> Lastly, long-time members of this list might have noticed that I tend to
> say things like "please test master" but then leave it to others to
> explain how to go about doing it. There are a couple of reasons for
> this: For one thing, others on this list have this knowledge. And
> leaving the explaining to them frees me up to work on things like
> improving Orca. So many thanks to all of the explainers!! :)
>
> That said, the other reason I refrain from answering these sorts of
> questions is this: It's not too hard to screw up your system, causing
> Orca to not work as expected -- or at all -- when building and
> installing Orca along with its dependencies from source. It probably
> won't happen. But if I were to give you instructions, and you were to
> break something badly enough to make your system inaccessible to you, I
> not only would feel awful -- I also might not be able to help you from
> here due to lack of time and lack of familiarity with your particular
> distro or set up.
>
> So.... I encourage -- and greatly appreciate -- testing of master for
> those who have the skills needed. I encourage community members with
> copious spare time to support each other in doing this testing. But I
> hope no one minds if I focus on improving Orca while you all test and
> support each other.
>
> Thank you for your understanding!
> --joanie
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-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa