# Blank icon on panel after new installation

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/blank-icon-on-panel-after-new-installation/27054>\
**Category:** Plasma\
**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/blank-icon-on-panel-after-new-installation/27054 "2022-05-13T17:17:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/blank-icon-on-panel-after-new-installation/27054/2 "2022-05-13T17:22:00Z")

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Yes, that is because it is installed with the defaults and we don’t install discover or any graphical paclage managers.

As for the default GUI package manager, please read this:

> [@Does EndeavourOS allow GUI package installers?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/does-endeavouros-allow-gui-package-installers/23110):
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> This an article with some background info, (long read) [Endy\_vector\_pink-planet] When we started our journey, departing from where Antergos ended its run, the first decision we made was to not include Pamac by default for this project. To this day, this decision isn’t the most popular one we made and quite often we do receive remarks or questions about the lack of a GUI software centre on our system. “So why not include it now to enhance the user experience and listen to the community?”, you…

If you want a GUI package manager, there are 3 options for you to choose from. All are in the AUR. `pamac-aur`, `octopi` and `bauh`

> [@jfabernathy](#):
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> On an standard KDE Archlinux install I just add packagekit-qt to make Discover work.

But you shouldn’t. Discover uses packagekit and packagekit has no support for manual intervention. Using any packagekit-based solution on an Arch-based distro is a good way to break your install.

Of course, you can still do that on EndeavourOS by installing `discover` and `packagekit-qt5`

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