i have installed discover gui but it is not working, it prints:
endeavousos is not configured for installing apps throught discover
why it is not working? and how to make it working?
It’s not recommended to use Discover for apps in Arch. You can, however, use it for Flatpaks without issue.
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Try installing the packagekit-qt6 package as well. I have no idea how well it work though.
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any other gui package manager that can be used safelly is eos?
after installing it it is working now
thank you
why discover wont work correcttly with eos? while it can work well in arch?
Yeah, I thought there might be problems.
Edit: If you want a gui, you could try pamac or octopi
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Because although based on Arch, EndeavourOS is it’s own distro and there are differences on the packages it comes with.
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You should not use Discover to install or update repo packages on Arch. This is also true of any other packagekit-based front end.
Yes, you can use Octopi if you like a graphical package manager.
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yes, thank you.
i tried both of theme and i prefered not to use them
I think you should give pacman and yay a try. They are not that difficult to use. Commands are pretty easy to understand after a while. You also have more control when using them. 
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I’d recommend yay on the command line anyway. It’s easy to use and handles the aur as well.
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As has been noted, any packagekit based gui package manager does not support the Arch and pacman way of doing updates and package installs. That is just the way it is. EOS is a terminal centric distro, so embrace the terminal and use pacman.
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If using KDE Discover is more important to you than not borking your system, then maybe you should use Siduction Linux with KDE or OpenSuse Tumbleweed with KDE.
They are both rolling distros, just not Arch-based.
Otherwise, use the terminal or Octopi.
Using Pamac is not as bad as KDE Discover on Arch, but it is not recommended to use it if you aren’t using Manjaro.
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ardv, as you have been told, EndeavourOS is terminal centric distro. This does not however mean, that new user would be in the deep end of the pool if one is not familiar with the terminal.
I myself have been using mostly distros with graphical interface for managing packages and had to only in rare occasions to use terminal. That being said, I find EOS relatively simple distro to manage. Yay is your friend and you should use because, as it has been said before, it updates your AUR as well.
Do not be afraid to jump into terminal world. You will find that it gives you more control and management options that graphical interfaces can ever give and you will learn basic commands fast.
There is plenty of information on here EOS Forums and on Arch Wiki. If you stumble on something you find hard to manage, you can always ask here.
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If you want a package manager without having to go to the terminal there are two suggestions. First Pkgbrowser is a good GUI application to do your searches. Second is Pacseek for installing applications. Pacseek is a terminal CLI program that is very easy to use. You just type in the name of the program and it will search for all related applications. Click on the one you want then hit enter. It will start the installation proceedure. I have put both applications on friends of mine that are new to Arch and it has made it easy for them. Even still learning the in’s and out’s of the terminal are not really that difficult. Both programs are in the AUR so you will have to install then using yay -S .
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yes, i;m already using yay and i have deleted pamac, but i have installed EOS to a friend that will use linux for the first time so i think he need to have a gui software manager, i did not appreciate pamac.
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Well, firstly, your friend is not you. They may be okay with a terminal.
Second, if you are introducing someone to Linux, why give them something that may be harder for them out-of-the-box?
In any case, as you are the introducer, it’s kind of your responsibility to set the tone for what to expect when using whatever you recommend.
Take a look at the OS section of this list (at the end) for an example of what I mean.
Notice that there are 4 Ubuntu-based and one Arch-based. Each is explained well enough so that people can avoid headaches.
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+1 for pacseek
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