While we’re at it, a few more options for searching repositories:
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you can simply search packages and AUR on archlinux.org; I have search shortcuts for both in my web browser, eg
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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
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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.