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Ashren

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Registered: 2007-06-13

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Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

Which arch specific tools do you find indispensable? And why are they indispensable to you?

I'll start out by naming the most obvious ones:

pacman - Arch linux wouldn't be Arch Linux without it - now would it? Takes care of business, in a clean and no bs way.
PKGBUILD's and makepkg - A brilliant pair.
yaourt - A VERY powerful tool used with the AUR. (why is called yaourt btw?)
abs - A very good tool indeed when downgrading/customizing packages from the Arch repo.
pkgfile from pkgtools - a neat way to find what package a file belongs to. Simply type in "pkgfile <name of file>"

Well, share your favorite tools and make the Arch Linux experience even better.

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Hrod beraht

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Registered: 2008-09-30

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Re: Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

(why is called yaourt btw?)

Yet AnOther User Repository Tool

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Last edited by Hrod beraht (2009-03-14 21:13:01)

haxit

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Re: Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

You pretty much covered everything.

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Ashren

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Re: Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

A stillborn thread? Dammit!

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thefatprecious

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-02-13

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Re: Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

The Arch wiki and forums are excellent tools!

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Re: Indispensable Arch Linux Tools

Sorry everyone. This one's already done.