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I have arch installed (0 7.2), and have x, xfce, guarddog, etc running.
I have searched and read wiki, man pages, web sites for a answer so will finally ask here
After installing the base system, how does a person new to arch know what packages to install with pacman to get X and a desktop installed?
If I want a nice basic editor, what do I look for?
If I install x, how do I know what else is needed or the names of packages needed (ati/nvidia)?
If the answer is right in front of me, sorry for missing it
Thanks, and I really like the speed of arch. It's nice.
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X
pacman -Sy xorg
Nvidia
pacman -Sy nvidia-utils nvidia
xfce:
pacman -Sy xfce4*
Also use the pacman search features for finding pacages:
pacman -Ss <pacman>
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pacman -SS nvidia
will search for packages containing the word nvidia
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You can do a package search in one of two ways - web search at www.archlinux.org, or pacman search on the command line:
pacman -Ss <keyword>
In either case, the keyword doesn't have to be a complete package name, so you can search for 'editor', 'nvidia', etc.
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I really like the speed of arch.
And I like the speed of twiistedkaos and sputnik. Nice going lads.
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And if you need a nice and basic editor, you might want to check out gedit.
For packages, if you cannot find what you're looking for, go to http://aur.archlinux.org/
There you can find user-contributed packages, as well as a bit of introduction on how to use the files provided :-)
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Thanks everybody.
I had trouble with cups till I found info on the wiki about ghostcript and d/ling the driver from linuxprinting.
Just some things for a arch newbie to figure out and learn
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Thanks everybody.
I had trouble with cups till I found info on the wiki about ghostcript and d/ling the driver from linuxprinting.
Just some things for a arch newbie to figure out and learn
Haha, sounds like you're starting out with Arch the same way I did, you'll get use to it and be able to start configuring by hand like a mad man
And I like the speed of twiistedkaos and sputnik. Nice going lads.
Lol xD Thanks I suppose?
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