Everything you need to know about pacman

Everything you need to know about pacman

Pacman is our package manager We have applications like pamac, discover or gnome-software to install software but there are also commands to do the same. We urge you to learn the commands that are behind all the GUIs. Installing Firefox is super simple. sudo pacman -S...
Everything you need to know about flatpak

Everything you need to know about flatpak

Flatpak is another way to install software on your ArcoLinux system. You can check out their website here. More importantly what packages can I install with flatpak. https://flathub.org/home Then you use the search to find applications or you browse in the categories....
Everything you need to know about snap

Everything you need to know about snap

Snapcraft from Canonical wants to provide the app store for Linux. Not all packages come from Arch Linux or AUR. There will always be packages that are (not yet) on AUR. In that case you can see if there is a snap package. Do check out the Arch Linux Wiki page to get...
Use all your cores during build or installation of packages

Use all your cores during build or installation of packages

We have made sure that during the installation of Calamares we configure your system to use all cores. Only relevant if you go to phase 5 and do an Arch Linux installation   We have explained in this article that we can improve the build time of applications...
Fix for gnome-software – no images of software

Fix for gnome-software – no images of software

May 2018 we discovered that gnome-software no longer displayed all the images of the software. As of May 2018 you need these two packages to have a working gnome-software. sudo pacman -S gnome-software sudo pacman -S...
Installing software with pamac or gnome-software

Installing software with pamac or gnome-software

We can use either pamac or gnome-software to install packages on ArcoLinux. We are using applications that give us a graphical representation of ALL software that is available. Once you know the name, you can use the terminal to install the same package with sudo...
How to speed up your computer during building

How to speed up your computer during building

The file /etc/makepkg.conf can be edited so that it will use all available cores when you are building packages coming from the AUR. The more cores, you have, the more you have to gain with these settings. Use “lscpu” to see how many cores your system has....
How to install software on ArcoLinux in the terminal

How to install software on ArcoLinux in the terminal

Our terminal is going to be our best friend. In that article we saw that there are many more themes already available for termite on ArcoLinux. There are also many other terminals to choose from. The terminal is the most important part in Linux. You need to learn...
Installing and removing software using gnome-software

Installing and removing software using gnome-software

This applies to all desktop environments. The concept of ArcoLinux is that anyone can use it. Your level of linux can be beginner, intermediate or expert. There will be something in it for everyone. In this video we will show you how easy it is to install software on...