![]() ![]() The Arch Linux official website has a search utility that you can use to find packages by their name. It allows you to install and manage packages available in the official Arch Linux repository. Pacman is the best command-line package managing tool. Before installing a package, you can either search for it with Pacman or look for the package on the official Arch Linux packages website. ![]() Packages are grouped into two categories – Official and AUR. Software/PackagesĪrch Linux software collection comprises all popular as well as nonpopular open-source applications, programming languages, browsers, database servers, tools, games, etc. Unlike other distros that install several applications that you may not use, Arch lets you install only the applications that you require. Installing the basic stuff doesn’t require an internet connection but to install the desktop environment and the required software, you must connect your laptop/PC to the internet. To make sure you don’t lose an important partition, you should first shrink one of your computer’s partition with the disk partitioning tool of the existing OS to free up space before using/running the Arch Linux installer. You should follow the tutorials carefully (especially the disk partitioning part). There are several online step-by-step tutorials you can follow to install the Arch Linux OS. You’ll have to run Linux commands to change the root, create partitions, select timezone, set keyboard layout, set up the network, install desktop manager, etc during the installation. Arch Linux offers a command-line OS installer. Will you have to add third-party repositories?Īs Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and many other Linux distros ship with a GUI OS installer tool, they’re easy to install. ![]()
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