Installing Arch Linux Packages Never Been This Easy

Pacman is a great package manager but some people don't want to use it directly so instead how about you use a TUI such as pacseek, it's not the feature rich project out there but it does everything you need

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[heus_sueh]

Take a look at the 'makedeb' project and the makedeb Package Repository repository, this project needs to gain more visibility.

[erdanxiloscient]

TUI programs like this are actually really helpful for linux.

tldr: devs like cli and average users like gui. Tui is a good compromise that could actually help a lot with mainline linux adoption/community help/etc.


CLI is always used for help/guides/etc. because GUI changes so much, is less guaranteed to be compatible, and so on. But CLI can also get really convoluted and act like weird magic that either works or destroys things to someone who doesn’t understand it (aka average person). The terminal puts off a lot of people from linux, but it’s also one of the best parts of linux. TUI is a good middle-ground that can be as easy to use as a GUI while working on basically any distro (terminals are mostly the same, and simple color + unicode support can go a long way).

So, a guide written for a TUI program will be applicable towards a vast majority of users, TUI is easier for noobs/non-devs to learn and use, and like CLI is easier to build and maintain than GUI.

A good example is midnight commander. It’s been around forever, help is readily available and still applicable, and it’s available on most (if not all) systems.

[DMSBrian]

Ngl for someone with a TUI-oriented workflow this is really cool and much faster than using commands if you want to learn more about certain packages, compare them directly, perhaps look at an official package and then quickly compare it with an AUR alternative etc. Rather than having to either use the AUR website or a helper and then looking up every package you wanna check with -Si, you can just quickly scroll through the packages, see all the information right there and then.

[dczoekj]

Such a cool program, I definitely see this becoming an official way of downloading packages. The only thing I don't like is the external dependency to AUR helpers.
However, for those who want to use pacman itself for non-aur packages: pacman -S(ync)s(earch)q(uiet) [name of package], example: pacman -Ssq zip.

[arjix]

JSON does not universally support comments, but some json parsers allow them, but even then, they are disabled by default

[bittin]

nice, thanks for the tip installed :) saw this video posted over on the EndeavourOS forums

[pw]

That's not a bad little program, might help a newer person to arch....
I like the KISS approach with that

1st time seeing/hearing about this👍

[ikestoddard]

Never seen pacseek before. Nice! Thanks!

[BrazenNL]

There's also tips on the Arch Wiki for using `fzf` with `pacman`.

[lorddarthvader]

This is actually a quite nice in between between the terminal and GUI interface. I disagree with the comment section, there are some people who want a more minimalist setup but don't have the time to memorize commands. I use nmtui for wifi and it works great, not too difficult like nmcli or too much GUI.

[itildude]

There was a call for testers for this in the Endeavour forums, which is where I found it. I think it's a great program. Easy to search and see details (and of course, install).

[StarlordStavanger]

i think you forgot to mention it even has support for themes unless I missed that

[scottb]

Hey Brodie, I have been a subscriber to your channel for a while now . I just had a problem with my grub and when I did, I dumped debian and grabbed arch. Pacseek seems interesting . I am not a big gui guy, but I like TUI(i dont know why) stuff I actually started making something similar in Termux/ android for the nala package manager. I basically did it for practice for BASH programming. Your channel is great, keep it up. Thanks a bunch!

[hostgrady]

it's a nice program but I am a tad confused on who the target audience is.

Power users will just use the commands directly under the hood and novices would prefer to use a full gui rather than a tui.

[doomslayer]

Very cool actually, will add it to my installation

[JayHere]

This is now my favorite way to install packages in Arch

[yash]

5:21 > _"took 52s"_

hmm, niice prompt, what is the code for this time took value? or did u do arithmetic for achieving that? how did u do that?

[PoeLemic]

Hey, Brodie ... What's the picture at 9:22 about? That's hilarious. Are you the one on the left of Luke Smith? Kindof looks like you. Where did you get this? And, what's it's meaning?

[guiorgy]

About JSON comments, strictly speaking no, the JSON format itself doesn't support any kind of comments, however most of the JSON parsers do, because people still use them, especially for annotating configuration files. So, generally it is agreed to strip all comments (if there are any) before sending JSON data. If it's a config file, it will depend on the developer, as most parsers can be configured to accept comments or not.

PS. I usually have them enabled, because I use JSON for configuration files, and I like comments.

[svenbjorn]

How do you queue multiple downloads? Downloading one at a time is obnoxious :/