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Yah that's what I was also wondering, installing a desktop environment, drivers, all from the command-line no matter how familiar I'm with the terminal is somet
by rukshn 12y ago
Yah that's what I was also wondering, installing a desktop environment, drivers, all from the command-line no matter how familiar I'm with the terminal is something I'm afraid to try. Also I don't think I can install deb apps on Arch if I'm not mistaken
- moopling 12y agoHaving access to another computer while you are setting up really helps. Have the wiki up for cross reference until you have a desktop environment. You can't use debs, but that isn't important as arch has a really nice package manager which makes it very easy to install anything from the official repos. Installing user maintained packages from the AUR is more tricky, but again there is the wiki. Once you know the ropes there are a couple of packages you can install to make installing from the AUR easier (like yaort, or pacaur), but you should really know how to do it yourself before relying on these tools.
- tux 12y agoI agree, pacman package manager is amazing it beats the s*t of apt-get and rpm both in dependencies and usability. At least from my experience :-) Also there is GUI's for AUR and official packages if you prefer that. I recommend "Pamac" or "Octopi" Check out wiki at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Graphical_pacman_frontends https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Graphical_pacman_fronte... Oh and don't forget about huge recommended list of packages at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications
- tux 12y agoActually, there is many deb apps in AUR repos. I haven't found any app that I wanted to install that is not in official or AUR repos yet. Also, creating your own AUR package and compiling it is fairly easy.