Pacman basic commands
by Bryanpwo The Pacman package manager is a powerful tool at the center of the system, that allows you to maintain, expand and update the… Read More »Pacman basic commands
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How to install Desktop Environments next to your existing ones
by Bryanpwo I’ve already told you how to install a group, in this section I’m going to give you the specific commands you need to… Read More »How to install Desktop Environments next to your existing ones
Removing a Desktop Environment
If you have changed to another DE (Desktop Environment) after initially installing the offline edition (XFCE4) or you just decided to move over to your… Read More »Removing a Desktop Environment
Desktop Managers
by Bryanpwo If you don’t have automatic login enabled, the Desktop Manager is the first thing you’ll see after your system has been through Grub… Read More »Desktop Managers
Downgrade packages
by Bryanpwo If a package update causes problems don’t worry, Pacman has the previous version stored in the /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ unless the Pacman cache has been… Read More »Downgrade packages
Downgrade packages to a specific date
by Bryanpwo Warning: Don’t do this unless it is completely necessary! Having old and outdated packages in your Arch Linux is not recommended. Read our… Read More »Downgrade packages to a specific date
Mirrors intro
What are mirrors and why are they important? Mirrors are the package servers we use when installing or updating packages. There are lots of mirrors… Read More »Mirrors intro
Automatically ranking the mirror list
New solution to auto rank and update mirror list: When downloading packages, pacman uses the mirrors in the order they are listed in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist… Read More »Automatically ranking the mirror list
A GUI app for selecting Arch mirrors
Mirror ranking or selecting the best mirrors (package servers) can be done with a command line utility called reflector. A GUI wrapper for reflector is… Read More »A GUI app for selecting Arch mirrors
Font management
By Cmarch Many unwanted fonts get installed on Linux systems, and that can make the font scroll list in editors and word processors painfully long.… Read More »Font management