by Joekamprad A corrupted Pacman database usually is caused by sudden power loss when the system is running or during…
Pacman basic commands
by Bryanpwo The Pacman package manager is a powerful tool at the center of the system, that allows you to…
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…
Removing a Desktop Environment
If you have changed to another DE (Desktop Environment) after initially installing the offline edition (XFCE4) or you just decided…
Desktop Managers
by Bryanpwo If you don’t have automatic login enabled, the Desktop Manager is the first thing you’ll see after your…
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…
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 Having old and outdated packages in your Arch Linux…
Mirrors intro
What are mirrors and why are they important? Mirrors are the package servers we use when installing or updating packages.…
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…
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…