Installing certain packages

Issues & Assistance
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Tried to install packages, but they cannot be found using pacman; the packages are libreoffice/openoffice and even xsane.

Do repositoried need to be added, or does reborn not have all packages?

All the best - thanks for the replies and help.

blind

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Package names may differ. So you can search for them, like

pacman -Ss libreoffice

or (for searching the AUR too)

yay -Ss libreoffice

If you prefer searching on a browser, this website will help you find suitable packages: Arch Linux - Package Search

libreoffice specifically, has two options - libreoffice-fresh and libreoffice-still, which you can install like

sudo pacman -S libreoffice-fresh
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Yjanks for the help.

Intersting. I was or tried to use “pacman -Q package“, taken from “man pacman”, but of course it did not show anything.

Cheers

blind

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  • -Q takes the full package name and searches for it locally
  • -Qs searches for a keyword in locally installed packages
  • -Ss searches for a keyword in the repositories. This is what to use if you are searching for packages to install

You can either use these arguments withpacmanor with a suitable AUR helper like`yay` or `paru`

You can use the website if you have difficulty with them: Arch Linux - Package Search

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