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.

  • Gemini24601@lemmy.world
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    2 years 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>”

  • BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br
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    2 years 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

        • greyw0lv@lemmy.mlOP
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          2 years ago

          using

          sudo pacman -S <filename>

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

          • BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br
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            2 years 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