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[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.