Arch Linux… After what? Linux is a popular operating system for many different reasons. One of its biggest benefits is the fact that it allows you too many conversions to bring it to your feet. Distributions like Ubuntu, or Mint will let you know Linux. But if you have gone through this stage and want to try something new, think about Arch Linux.
In previous publication, we saw how you can install Arch Linux on computer you, as simply as possible (which probably isn't possible unless you already know some Linux basics).
Today we will see what follows after installation as well operating system it contains nothing but the basic tools of linux.
Install the Yaourt Package Tool
Yaourt comes out of the initials of Yet Another User Repository Tool and is a packet wrapper that will help you install AUR repository packages. AUR comes from the original Arch User Repository, a large Arch archive repository containing over 44.000 packages.
Open a terminal window and type the following command:
nano /etc/pacman.conf
Copy and paste the following lines at the end of pacman.conf
Tip: Move to nano with the arrow keys and save each document with: CTRL + X, followed by Y and Enter.
[archlinuxfr] SigLevel = Never Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
We continue with the installation of Yaourt
pacman -Syu yaourt
Use Yaourt
yaourt -Syu
Add the Packer Package Tool
The packer is another packet wrapper that will help you install packages from the AUR and Pacman repositories.
You should run the following commands from your terminal as a simple user (not root).
sudo pacman -S base-devel fakeroot jshon expac git wget wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=packer mv PKGBUILD \? h \ = packer PKGBUILD makepkg sudo pacman -U packer - * .pkg.tar.xz
Use the Packer
packer -Syu
Arch Linux Installation of various programs and media codecs
Run the following command:
sudo pacman -S firefox vlc pinta geany opera thunderbird exfat-utils fuse-exfat a52dec faac faad2 flac jasper lame libdca libdv gst-libav libmad libmpeg2 libtheora libvorbis libxv wavpack x264 xvidcore gstreamer0.10-plugins flashplugin libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdnav gecko-mediaplayer dvd+rw-tools dvdauthor dvgrab p7zip unrar tar rsync
Installing it Google Chrome from the AUR
yaourt -S google-chrome
Install the Pamac Manager
If you do not like the commands from the terminal you can install Pamac Manager. It will help you in installing, uninstalling and updating packages with GUI.
Install the Package Manager with GUI
yaourt -S pamac-aur
yaourt -S skypeforlinux-bin
Install Teamviewer from AUR
yaourt -S teamviewer
In the terminal type the following commands as root (su -) to start service and remain enabled.
systemctl start teamviewerd.service systemctl enable teamviewerd.service