Okay so I just finished struggling through my archlinux install. I have arch Linux with hyprland now.
But I cannot figure out how to download anything.
At minimum i need a browser, and git. But I cannot figure out web downloads in kitty.
Edit: nmtui to connect to WiFi, and then a reboot solved it.
You may use pacman
to install packages in your Arch
To install packages you need to use pacman -S <pkgname>
. For example to install Firefox:
pacman -S firefox
You can also install many packages once, for example:
pacman -S firefox git ruby keepassxc
Remember that you need root privileges to install apps with pacman
using
sudo pacman -S <filename>
I get a fatal error from every mirror it attempts to download through.
sudo pacman -S
is virtually the only command I used as a beginner.
But that said, you may install from the AUR using yay.
I found out previously just use yay. Don’t do sudo yay. It’s not necessary and not 100% of AUR packages are guaranteed to be clean: omitting sudo will keep them out of root.
I would do:
pacman -S --needed firefox
Instead.
You can replace pacman
with AUR helper (I’d suggest installing Paru or YAY) if you’re using one.
Does internet work? You can check by running “ping archlinux.org” in a terminal, (Ctrl C to stop it). If you are connected to internet you could search for packages using the “pacman -Ss <e. g. chromium>”, and or install by using “sudo pacman -S <name>”
Hmm.
I connected to my internet using iwctl.
But yeah the ping returned a failure so I guess I’m not connected.
It’s possible you may be specifying the wrong device? Try iwctl, and then “device list” to see other options. I always seem to have two or three, with only one working. More info here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd#iwctl