Packages on Arch

pacstrap

• base
• linux-lts
• linux-lts-headers
• base-devel
• btrfs
• btrfs-progs
• vim
• networkmanager
• grub
• efibootmgr
• intel-ucode

Utils

• mtpfs : Reading and Writing from any MTP device
• ntfs-3g : NTFS filesystem driver and utilities
• gvfs-mtp : Virtual filesystem implementation for GIO (MTP backend; Android, media player)
• gvfs-gphoto2 : Virtual filesystem implementation for GIO (gphoto2 backend; PTP camera, MTP media player)
• nfs-utils : Support programs for Network File Systems
• tlp : Linux Advanced Power Management
• powertop : A tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management
• python-pip : The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages
• jre8-openjdk : OpenJDK Java 8 full runtime environment
• jre8-openjdk-headless : OpenJDK Java 8 headless runtime environment
• wget : Network utility to retrieve files from the Web
• gnome-keyring : Stores passwords and encryption keys

Arch

# Filesystem Support
pacman -S mtpfs ntfs-3g gvfs-mtp gvfs-gphoto2

# Power Management
pacman -S tlp powertop

# Development
pacman -S python-pip jre8-openjdk jre8-openjdk-headless wget gnome-keyring

xorg

• libx11 : X11 client-side library
• xorg-xinit : X.Org initialisation program
• libxinerama : X11 Xinerama extension library
• libxft : FreeType-based font drawing library for X
• xorg-server : Xorg X server
• xorg-xrandr : Primitive command line interface to RandR extension
• xorg-xrdb : X server resource database utility
• xorg-xinput : Small commandline tool to configure devices
• xorg-xbacklight : RandR-based backlight control application
• xf86-video-intel : X.org Intel i810/i830/i915/945G/G965+ video drivers
• xclip : Command line interface to the X11 clipboard

Arch

pacman -S libx11 xorg-xinit libxinerama libxft xorg-server xorg-xrandr xorg-xrdb xorg-xinput xorg-xbacklight xclip

pacman -S xf86-video-intel

yay -S libxft-bgra-git

Gentoo

emerge x11-libs/libX11 x11-base/xorg-server x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libXinerama x11-libs/libXft x11-apps/xinit x11-apps/xrdb x11-apps/mesa-progs x11-apps/xrandr x11-misc/unclutter x11-misc/xclip

Basic

• picom : X compositor that may fix tearing issues
• unclutter : A small program for hiding the mouse cursor
• os-prober : Utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
• man-db : A utility for reading man pages
• bash-completion : Programmable completion for the bash shell
• zsh-completions : Additional completion definitions for Zsh
• zip,unzip,tar,bzip2,atool,unrar : Compression utils

Arch

pacman -S picom unclutter os-prober man-db bash-completion zsh-completions
pacman -S atool zip unzip tar bzip2 gzip lzip unrar

Fonts

• noto-fonts : Google Noto TTF fonts
• noto-fonts-cjk : Google Noto CJK fonts
• ttf-joypixels : Emoji as a Service (formerly EmojiOne)

Arch

pacman -S noto-fonts ttf-joypixels

Music

• alsa-utils : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Utilities
• pulseaudio : A featureful, general-purpose sound server
• pamixer : Pulseaudio command-line mixer like amixer
• pulsemixer : CLI and curses mixer for pulseaudio
• mpd : Flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music
• mpc : Minimalist command line interface to MPD
• ncmpcpp : terminal music player
• mpv : video player

Arch

pacman -S alsa-utils pulseaudio pamixer pulsemixer

pacman -S alsa-utils pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pulsemixer pamixer

pacman -S mpd mpc ncmpcpp mpv

Shell

• dash : POSIX compliant shell that aims to be as small as possible
• dashbinsh : redirects sh to dash (aur package)
• zsh : advanced and programmable shell

General

• fd : find replacement in rust
• ripgrep : grep replacement in rust
• fzf : fuzzy finder
• htop : system manager
• nitrogen : wallpaper manager
• ranger : Vim-like file fanager
• pcmanfm : File manager
• neomutt : email client
• dunst : notification demon
• libnotify : notification client
• xarchiver : GTK+ frontend to command line archivers
• xterm : default terminal for various program
• evince : document viewer
• sxiv : image viewer
• ueberzug : image previewer
• maim : Utility to take a screenshot using imlib2
• neovim : text editor
• brave-bin : internet browser
• gparted : A Partition Magic clone, frontend to GNU Parted

Arch

pacman -S fd ripgrep fzf htop nitrogen ranger pcmanfm dunst libnotify xarchiver xterm evince sxiv ueberzug maim
yay -S neovim-nightly-bin brave-bin

Nvidia

• nvidia-lts
• nvidia-utils
• nvidia-settings
• nvidia-prime
• optimus-manager (yay)

Arch

# For linux lts kernel
pacman -S nvidia-lts nvidia-utils nvidia-settings nvidia-prime

# For latest linux kernel
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings nvidia-prime

Virtual Box

• virtualbox
• virtualbox-host-dkms (for lts and other kernels)
• virtualbox-host-modules-arch (for latest linux kernels)

Arch

# For linux lts kernel
pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-host-dkms linux-lts-headers

# For latest linux kernel
pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-host-modules-arch linux-headers

# Add user into `vboxusers` group, here user is `rishav`
gpasswd -a rishav vboxusers

# load the `vboxdrv` module manually
modprobe vboxdrv

Note: If you are on linux kernel then make sure you have linux-headers installed. Similarly if you are on linux-lts kernel then linux-ltx-headers should be installed.

QEMU

• qemu : A generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
• vert-manager : Desktop user interface for managing virtual machines

pacman -S qemu virt-manager dnsmasq ebtables

Fun

• figlet : A program for making large letters out of ordinary text
• cmatrix : A curses-based scrolling ‘Matrix’-like screen
• neofetch : A CLI system information tool

Arch

pacman -S figlet cmatrix neofetch

Latex

• texlive-core : TeX Live core distribution
• texlive-latexextra : Large collection of add-on packages for LaTeX
• texlive-science : Typesetting for mathematics, natural and computer sciences
• texlive-publishers : LaTeX classes and packages for specific publishers
• texlive-formatsextra : Collection of extra TeX ‘formats’
• pandoc : Conversion between markup formats

Development

• redis : An in-memory database that persists on disk

pacman -S redis

• postgresql : Sophisticated object-relational DBMS (link)

pacman -S postgresql
sudo -iu postgres       # login as postgres user
initdb --locale=en_US.UTF-8 -E UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data

# start the service
systemctl enable --now postgresql.service

Bluetooth

• bluez - Daemons for the bluetooth protocol stack
• bluez-utils - Development and debugging utilities

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