# pacman -Qi mplayer
(package must be installed)
]]>Pacman has so far been a great installation tool. But a graphical installer that would allow you to select multiple packages at once as well as keep track of what you have installed would be very nice. That way you would not have to wonder if you had installed a package or not. But on the good side, once everything is installed all updates can be done with one simple command.
I'm very new to Linux and Arch, so take anything I say from that perspective...
This will update everything with one simple command. (sync,refresh pacage list,upgrade)
# pacman -Syu
This will query all installed packages for names or descriptions that match. For example "mplayer". So you don't have to wonder what you have installed, you can know real fast.
# pacman -Qs mplayer
Yes GUI is fun, but pacman seams very powerful as is. I'm looking forward to trying one of the GUI frontends, but havn't yet.
]]>Pacman has so far been a great installation tool. But a graphical installer that would allow you to select multiple packages at once as well as keep track of what you have installed would be very nice. That way you would not have to wonder if you had installed a package or not. But on the good side, once everything is installed all updates can be done with one simple command.
check out this thread for some GUI pacman front-ends.
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