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#1 2009-05-03 02:07:24
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How to find the exact package that I need?
How can I find the exact package that I need, for example, in Ubuntu, I can add launcher in System -> Preferences -> Main Menu, but in Arch, I can not find this Main Menu, I know I need to install something, but don't know where to go?
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#3 2009-05-03 02:13:17
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
depends... where are you now?
LOL
pacman -Ss <package-name>would help you out. You can also put in part of the name and it will return all the matches. As for a GUI -- you don't get that by default in Arch.
There is a GUI wrapper for pacman called shaman, but iirc, it uses kdelibs and integrates well with KDE. It looks like you are using Gnome, but you can use shaman in Gnome too.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#4 2009-05-03 02:37:31
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
...There is a GUI wrapper for pacman called shaman, but iirc, it uses kdelibs and integrates well with KDE. It looks like you are using Gnome, but you can use shaman in Gnome too.
Thanks a lot, shaman makes it easier for a new Arch user to know what package should install.
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#5 2009-06-09 13:31:19
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
There is a GUI wrapper for pacman called shaman, but iirc, it uses kdelibs and integrates well with KDE. It looks like you are using Gnome, but you can use shaman in Gnome too.
Not so true, shaman does not rely on kdelibs but just on Qt, and will integrate in gnome as well as it does in KDE
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#6 2009-06-09 14:02:39
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
if you dont want to mess with the command line, you should reevaluate your distro choosing method.
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#7 2009-06-09 14:18:26
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
If you want to be able to find the package that provides a given file, install "pkgtools" from community and use "pkgfile name_of_file". You can also do "pkgfile -l name_of_package" to see contents of packages that you don't have installed.
To use pkgfile, "pkgfile -u" has to be run first to update the indexes. The pkgtools package installs a cron job to do this every day, but you'll have to do it yourself at least once when you've just installed it.
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#8 2009-06-09 14:27:43
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
if you dont want to mess with the command line, you should reevaluate your distro choosing method.
+1
I firmly suggest you do the obligatory reading - the beginner's guide (on the wiki) and the arch way (also on the wiki). Since to me, it does not look like you dug into it.
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#9 2009-06-09 20:57:53
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Re: How to find the exact package that I need?
if you dont want to mess with the command line, you should reevaluate your distro choosing method.
Phhhhhtttt! If you're able to follow the Install Guide and get a working install, a few good GUI tools will get you most of what you need. Not everyone runs from console eldragon. 
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