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.

  • Responsabilidade
    5•20 days ago

    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

    • @greyw0lvOP
      2•20 days ago

      How do I have root privileges? Do I just use sudo?

        • @greyw0lvOP
          1•20 days ago

          using

          sudo pacman -S <filename>

          I get a fatal error from every mirror it attempts to download through.

          • Responsabilidade
            3•20 days ago

            This can be 2 things:

            1. You’re not connected to the internet
            2. You need to properly set the mirrors

            Try run ping www.google.com and see if you have connection. If you don’t you need to connect your PC to the internet

            Otherwise, you have to set the mirrors. So go to https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ and select the best location to you, then in the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist you paste the content you got when clicking Generate List at this site I mentioned before

            Then run sudo pacman -Syyu to update everything and then try install your apps again

            • @greyw0lvOP
              2•20 days ago

              Thank you!

              So far I’ve determined I’m definitely not connected to internet.

              Unfortunately i cannot seem to connect.

              I’ve tried iwctl, and also nmtui.

              I dont know if I’m describing this right but both connect without error for a bit. But the second I go to use the WiFi it disconnects.

              Edit: rebooting after connecting seems to have solved it.

              • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]English
                3•20 days ago
                1. confirm you can connect via ethernet. It sounds like you can.
                2. Check available WiFi networks with nmcli device wifi
                3. Connect with nmcli device wifi connect <ssid> password <password>

                If nothing is listed in #2 then you need to install drivers for your WiFi. Check the arch wiki for how to identify which wifi card you have and what AUR package is needed. Installing an AUR package without internet will be an adventure so I recommend jacking in for that.

              • Responsabilidade
                1•20 days ago

                Well, this is strange…

                You said you’re using both iwctl and nmtui, and maybe that’s the issue, cause you’re configuring 2 distinct apps to handle your connection and I think they can conflict with each other

                Choose 1 and disable the other

                For example, let’s suppose you wanna keep iwd, so enable it with

                sudo systemctl enable --now iwd.service

                And disable NetworkManager

                sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service

                Reboot your system

                However I suggest you to take a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration

  • @Admetus@sopuli.xyz
    3•19 days ago

    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.

  • @Gemini24601@lemmy.world
    3•20 days ago

    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>”