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[-] glennglog22@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

This is more or less my experience with it. My noob-ass just can't handle even EndeavorOS.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

What problems did you run into?

[-] glennglog22@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Trying to install a lot of shit, primarily. I figured out that a lot of programs that I wanted were only available (to my knowledge) in .deb format which I couldn't get working in the distro, That and I'm still not used to using the terminal to install anything. Literally the only thing I miss from Windows is using wizards to install things. I understand a lot of this is purely skill issue though.

[-] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 2 years ago

I found installing pamac and the enabling the arch user repository gives you most things that are debs, that of course involves using the cli to install pamac though

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

Manjaro has Pamac installed by default.

[-] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't use manjaro with aur though, as it can fall a bit behind what most people posting aurs are building with

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I haven't had any issues and I've been using it for 3 years.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just using endeavour's bundled yay, you can install most packages including deb ones that users have written a "how to install" for. https://aur.chaotic.cx/ would also be nice.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

But installing via terminal is so much more convenient compared to those stupid windows installer. Not to mention you don't have to download all those stupid installers again each time you want to update, unless the devs provide their own update mention in the software itself.

[-] glennglog22@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm sure it is, but it's a matter of remembering/knowing how the commands work vs literally clicking labelled buttons.

Also I'm sure if this was on Reddit, I'd be getting downvoted like crazy, so I appreciate y'all being helpful instead of doing that.

[-] boomzilla@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yay SEARCHTERM

It spits out all the packages with SEARCHTERM in its name or description. The packages are listed like "REPO/PACKAGE" , where REPO tells you if it's from the official repos (core/extra/multilib) or from the AUR.

Then pick the number of the package from the list and that's it.

If you want to update all your packages, even the AUR ones just enter yay and press enter on the follow-up questions. If you update with pacman -Syu then AUR packages won't get updated.

Also Octopi is a nice frontend for yay and pacman. Not as fancy as Discover or Pamac but it does its job well.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Try Manjaro if you haven't already.

It's more popular than endeavor, but has way fewer shills.

[-] glennglog22@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I might consider it next time I have time to kill and the motivation to mess with anything arch-related.

[-] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Since Endeavour is just Arch with a graphical installer and a few extra tools, I‘d say it’s way more popular.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Can't wait for the manjaro bot network to DDOS the AUR again...

[-] Aradia@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That was Pamac right? 😂

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