# Is gnome-software working?

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/is-gnome-software-working/38555>\
**Category:** Applications\
**Created:** [March 16, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/is-gnome-software-working/38555 "2023-03-16T10:49:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/is-gnome-software-working/38555/2 "2023-03-16T11:21:55Z")

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Please see these two posts for what you need to get gnome-software working and also for why you probably shouldn’t and what you can use instead if you really need a package manager with GUI:

> [@Gnome Software use?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gnome-software-use/16154/9):
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> Hi and welcome to EnOS’ forum @wove! Install packagekit and gnome-software-packagekit-plugin: sudo pacman -Syu packagekit gnome-software-packagekit-plugin Reboot and launch gnome-software. HTH

> [@Gnome Software use?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/gnome-software-use/16154/23):
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> Please don’t do this. While it technically works, using this method puts your system at risk. packagekit has no ability to support manual intervention and this is often required to get the correct outcome. Using packagekit to install software or perform updates can and will leave you with a broken system on Arch-based distros. If you want a graphical package manager, you can use pamac, bauh or octopi

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