You don’t need a GUI for this stuff!
- Search for applications online …
- Arch packages
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/ - AUR packages
https://aur.archlinux.org/
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- Search for applications from your terminal …
- Arch packages
pacman -Ss <packagename OR part of name OR description>
- AUR (and Arch) packages
yay <packagename OR part of name OR description>
Then install like this …
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Arch packages
sudo pacman -S <packagename>
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AUR (and Arch) packages
yay -S <packagename>
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- Btw, you can install multiple packages by using space as delimiter, e. g.
sudo pacman -S <packagename1> <packagename2>
- Btw, you can install multiple packages by using space as delimiter, e. g.
To update your system, simply run
yay
To update only Arch packages run
sudo pacman -Syu