In this tutorial you’ll learn how to install and uninstall softwares via octopi on manjaro linux.
What is octopi?
Octopi is a GUI package manager built on Qt that makes using both of the Arch/Manjaro prime terminal package managers – pacman & yaourt – simple point & click operations.
You can either launch octopi via application launcher by typing octopi on search box, or simply via terminal.
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Octopi it’s user friendly and very easy to use it. It allows you to install, uninstall and update packages on your system.
Type the software name you want to install on search box and press enter, if the software you are looking for exists on manjaro repositories it will appear below as available to be installed. Then simply right click to that software and click install and it will be added to the installation list.
Clicking install doesn’t install the software immediately to your system, to do that, press CTRL+M to commit and then confirm with yes, or click to the tick icon which is located on the top left.
Uninstalling procedure is the same as installing. Type the software name you want to uninstall on search box, then you have to right click to that software and click remove. Once you have added it to the list to be uninstalled, press CTRL+M to commit and click yes to confirm.
To remove an software that you might have added it accidentally to be installed, go to the transaction window, right click to the software you want to remove under "to be installed list" and click remove an item.
Whenever a new update is released, octopi icon will turn red and will appear on your taskbar. Right click to the octopi icon and click system upgrade.
Now that you know how octopi works, you can manage packages on your system without having to go in terminal.