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[SOLVED] GUI recommended for pacman

Hi everyone,

I would like to install a graphical interface to help me manage pacman. What is the most suitable GUI for Artix? If it matters to know, I am using MATE as DE and openRC as starter.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions.

Giorgio

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #2 –
Using Mate DE, Pamac would be your best gui software manager option since it is Gtk based. I use Octopi on my Plasma system as it is better suited being Qt based.

I have not experienced any issues related to Octopi messing up my system, but @artoos caution should not be overlooked.
I use just pacman too, but the gui is very nice for searching and grouping software.

Best regards.
We should try to be kind to everyone.....we are all fighting some sort of battle.

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #3 –
I used Octopi from time to time in the past, worked just fine.
Now I use my favourite terminal and run pacman directly.

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #4 –
Quote from: conky60 – on
Using Mate DE, Pamac would be your best gui software manager option since it is Gtk based. I use Octopi on my Plasma system as it is better suited being Qt based.

I have not experienced any issues related to Octopi messing up my system, but @artoos caution should not be overlooked.
I use just pacman too, but the gui is very nice for searching and grouping software.

Best regards.
Perfect, thanks for the tip. Then I try with pamac!
Of these versions, which one should I use though?

Tks !

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #5 –
If you want to be able to use AUR (Arch User Repository), then go with pamac-gtk. If you don't know what AUR is, be sure to read up on it before use..there are caveats. Otherwise elect to use just pamac.
If you are new to Artix/Arch, I would advise pamac.
You can learn about the AUR here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

Best regards.
We should try to be kind to everyone.....we are all fighting some sort of battle.

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #6 –
Quote from: conky60 – on
If you want to be able to use AUR (Arch User Repository), then go with pamac-gtk. If you don't know what AUR is, be sure to read up on it before use..there are caveats. Otherwise elect to use just pamac.
If you are new to Artix/Arch, I would advise pamac.
You can learn about the AUR here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

Best regards.
I don't think I'm interested in AUR right now. I'm starting and I don't want to have too much to learn. So, ok, no AUR, but which package to install?
There are several! Sorry for the naivete ...

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #7 –
Install "pamac-9.4.0-1" from Artix galaxy. That would be option #1 in your "pacman -Ss pamac" search.

Code: [Select]
sudo pacman -Syu pamac


Best regards.
We should try to be kind to everyone.....we are all fighting some sort of battle.

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #8 –
Quote from: conky60 – on
Install "pamac-9.4.0-1" from Artix galaxy. That would be option #1 in your "pacman -Ss pamac" search.

Code: [Select]
sudo pacman -Syu pamac


Best regards.
I installed "pamac-9.4.0-1" but it gave me authentication error and the search was not enabled. So I installed "pamac-classic" and everything seems to be working. Is it okay anyway?
Thanks for your help!

Re: GUI recommended for pacman

Reply #9 –
Yes, that should be fine.

Best regards.
We should try to be kind to everyone.....we are all fighting some sort of battle.