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MrScriptX

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Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 2

pacman -S python-pywal fails

Hello everyone,

I'm brand new to Arch Linux and while working on configuration and tweaking I ran into a small problem that seems unsolvable.
I'm trying to install pywal but each time it fails telling me it can't find it here are the two command i tried:

pacman -S python-pywal
pacman -S python-pywal-git

both fails with the same error: can't find python-pywal(-git).

How do I fix this?

Thanks for the help.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,543

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Re: pacman -S python-pywal fails

There is no such package in the repos.  It is in the aur:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository

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MrScriptX

Member

Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 2

Re: pacman -S python-pywal fails

Thanks!
I tried to install it but I'm lost. I downloaded a pywal from the AUR with wget. I extracted in a new folder, went into that folder but now, I don't know what to do. Every files are in python but it doesn't seem I can run them.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: pacman -S python-pywal fails

You will want to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository

oh wait you literally were already linked that page... Seriously, read it. It even has a section titled installing packages.

If someone links you a wiki page, please don't skim over it in an attempt to get a quick fix, you will miss a lot of essential context that will help you maintain an Arch Linux Install successfully and keeps us from having to answer the same questions over and over again.

The wiki pages are often as concisely written as is feasible, they are comparatively short, but unless you actually read them, you won't get a  lot of necessary information. Starting out with Arch isn't going to be quick and there's no way around it.

Last edited by V1del (2018-01-25 17:29:32)