Some confusion about finding packages

[wisdomlight]

I am confused about working out if I have openssh-server and openssh-client packages on my EOS.

in Debian dpkg -s openssh-server will return Status: install ok installed
In EOS sudo pacman -U openssh-server returns could not find or read package
But openssh is on the system because:

1. pacman -S openssh returns openssh-9.0p1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling etc
2. systemctl status sshd returns active (running)

What do I get wrong?

[dalto]

Arch doesn’t have separate packages. The openssh package is everything you need for both client and server.

@wisdomlight

In EOS sudo pacman -U openssh-server returns could not find or read package

There are multiple problems here:

• Arch doesn’t have a package openssh-server.
• pacman -U installs a package file, you can’t use a package name with it.

[Gamall]

I think a little link to the wiki wouldn’t go amiss:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/OpenSSH

Here you can find how to activate the SSH server, among other things.

[wisdomlight]

pacman -Q openssh
workes!!
Thanks

[manuel]

To search packages in your system you can do e.g.

pacman -Qs word(s)

To search packages that are available in repositories, do

pacman -Ss word(s)

and search for available packages in repositories and AUR, do

yay -Ss word(s)

[Gamall]

While we’re at it, a few more options for searching repositories:

• you can simply search packages and AUR on archlinux.org; I have search shortcuts for both in my web browser, eg https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s

• you can do fun things with fzf, for instance, I use this:
  Nice fzf package search; write actual command in prompt ? ZLE? - #3 by Gamall

• I don’t use but hear good things about https://github.com/moson-mo/pacseek

• I don’t use but hear… mixed things about GUI managers, like pamac and octopi. I’d personally never recommend a GUI for most package operations, but if you’re just using them to search, no problem.

[wisdomlight]

That’s great thank you

[wisdomlight]

Many thanks