Everything you need to know about pacman
Pacman is our package managerWe 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
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
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...
How to make a script to build the pocillo-gtk-theme to be able to re-install it later
This article is linked to this article :https://arcolinux.com/build-the-software-yourself-just-because-you-can-or-install-it-from-aur/We will show you how easy it is to make a script.We use the github https://github.com/erikdubois/arcolinux-nemesisto get a head start,...
Build the software yourself just because you can or install it from AUR
Following up a tip of an ArcoLinux user we take a look at Pocillo-gtk-theme.https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/pocillo-gtk-themeThis theme seems to be developed by the UbuntuBudgie team is, who build it on the pop-os themehttps://github.com/pop-os/gtk-themewho build it...
Install software from the ArcoLinux Iso Repository if the pkgbuild fails
At this moment of writing Timeshift (it can be any other package) can not be build. The maintainer says to downgrade vala. You will be able to build the very latest package then. But let us be honest the latest version is sometimes not that important. As long as you...
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
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 gnome-software-packagekit-plugin
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
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. That is...
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
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...