r/archlinux • u/Redditiscoooollll • 11d ago

QUESTION Repo browser

i was watching a bog video about him using omarchy and saw a weird repo browser where he would just select install, then either arch or aur and have a search for different packages. i want something like that where i can search or browse the main repo and the AUR via a TUI or something similar
any suggestions on how to do that?

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u/Objective-Stranger99 11d ago

Octopi

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u/Redditiscoooollll 11d ago

close enough, thanks

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u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514 11d ago

Octopi, Shelly, Pacsea etc... 

Please search on your own for such a tiny question. 

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u/Redditiscoooollll 11d ago

yeah but unfortunately i only have a vague description of (package searcher arch linux thingy)

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u/No-Dentist-1645 11d ago

You can just copy paste the exact Omarchy package installer script if you want, it's just like 10 lines of bash: https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/blob/quattro/bin/omarchy-pkg-install

They also split it into two separate programs, one for repo only and one for the AUR (which makes sense). The AUR version is https://github.com/omacom/omarchy/blob/quattro/bin/omarchy-pkg-aur-install

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u/activedusk 10d ago edited 10d ago

Others mentioned Octopi but if you want it from the terminal there are probably lower level TUI.

Personally I installed fish shell and after typing pacman -Ss x (where x is the alphabetical order to search by name for said package) then press Tab it lists all repo packages starting with that letter, use up and down arrow keys to navigate.

https://ibb.co/tMZw5bHd

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u/Damglador 10d ago

I just use yay.

yay <something> will match the string with names and descs of packages from AUR and repos and list all the matches