How easy is it to install packages with Arch Linux?

[70rm3n70r]

yum yum yum

[heaheaheaa]

lol my mom is goin to by us an abunta this week im so excited,

[Juilkca]

what's a wrapper as read in the description and why would one use it?

[synthead]

@srikanthradix I alternate between powerpill, yaourt, clyde, and just pacman by itself. They're all wrappers using pacman anyway, yeah.

[RemoteTechnology2012]

We are searching for a developer.

[gfyhdhbyhgj]

(On virtual machine - Vbox) I tip "pacman -Syu", download 367Mb of stuff and my computer restart and erase everthing, and my internet don't pass 86Kb/s (PS: I'm on Brasil...)

[calculatorboyqwe]

Yeah, Vbox slows your connection down, because of virtualizing the network card, and the amount of resources.

[jcmilasch]

I was a little reluctant in the beginning. After getting disappointed looking for the best distro IMO, I'm giving arch linux a try on a VM having ubuntu jaunty as host. I can't say how much I'm excited after reading about its idea on wikipedia... No junk installed and extremely flexible. I really hope it fits my needs as someone else posted here its the end of his search for a suitable linux distro!

[synthead]

@jcmilasch Good luck! Arch is as good as your skill with Linux. As long as you have that spark and the will to learn, this distro is for you.

[linuxowns]

Pacman is extremely fast compared to apt-get or aptitude.

[calrogman]

Yes, it is. (Says me, a lowly Ubuntuer, although I am quite interested in Arch)

[shneebleu]

Try it. It's fantastic.

[Amebixfan]

ex debian-fag here.

Arch rules, use it now

[shneebleu]

I agree with this man.

[synthead]

@Amebixfan Every distro has its place.

[budsson]

quote: Arch linux is the best Distro i've ever used... It put an end to my distro hopping.

Same here! :D

[orasis]

Arch linux is the best Distro i've ever used... It put an end to my distro hopping.

[Juilkca]

@orasis I'm using Ubuntu right now, but i've been wanting to use Arch SOOOOO much. But I also want to use a mac. It's one or the other and i can't decide which one.

[synthead]

@Juilkca dual boot

[havisburger]

IMO package install is just as easy as in every other distro.

[Rika4chan]

But is it as fast ? I've never seen a package manager as speedy as Pacman in Arch!

[warborz]

sudo apt get-install whatever you want.. that works also in ubuntu ;)

[budsson]

believe me, its worth it :D

Arch Linux ftw!

[Schtiel666]

I am about to switch to ArchLinux =]

[1charliejf]

yeah, i am installing linux ARCH right now for my first linux....yes you guessed it very hard for a a begginger.