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aa_movingtarget

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Registered: 2011-10-01

Posts: 10

(SOLVED) browse repos?

Hi everyone,

I have found the AUR is easy to search online, but how does one browse the packages available in the others?  Is there a website or some command to enter to see a list of new/popular packages available?  Sorry for what may be a very simple question, but I'm slightly annoyed at the interwebs for not finding me an answer.... Thanks!

Cheers!

Last edited by aa_movingtarget (2011-10-07 14:20:26)

hongy19

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From: China

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 85

Website

Re: (SOLVED) browse repos?

do you mean this one http://www.archlinux.org/packages/ ?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: (SOLVED) browse repos?

Popular packages: https://www.archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics (it's a pretty big page, may load a while)

There's no easy way to know if any new packages have been added, but reading the mailing lists helps.

aa_movingtarget

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Registered: 2011-10-01

Posts: 10

Re: (SOLVED) browse repos?

You all are brilliant, and helpful! I installed the Bodhi Linux distro on my Eee PC netbook and found the little penguins that walk around on my desktop endlessly entertaining and  want to find the package to install for my Arch e17 desktop, if possible.  Thanks so much!

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: (SOLVED) browse repos?

If you ever lose your printed copy of the link: Look in the upper left corner of the page, it is between 'Home' and 'Forums'.

If it's for the penguins, try "pacman -Ss penguin". I sometimes even talk to pacman, like: "pacman -Ss penguin walk". Sometimes I scold it and it reveals interesting packages.

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: (SOLVED) browse repos?

If you ever lose your printed copy of the link: Look in the upper left corner of the page, it is between 'Home' and 'Forums'.

Not for anyone who doesn't use the retina-wrecking default theme.

If it's for the penguins, try "pacman -Ss penguin". I sometimes even talk to pacman, like: "pacman -Ss penguin walk". Sometimes I scold it and it reveals interesting packages.

Thanks for the

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