On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 03:50:30PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2015 08:42:59 -0400, James wrote:
Are the official packages binary packages and the AUR is compiling from source? That's what it seems like.
How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
Hi James,
in /etc/pacman.conf you can add repositories for usage with pacman.
If "pacman -Si screengrab" can't find it, non of the repositories does provide it.
AUR and ABS don't provide binaries, they provide PKGBUILDs.
There are Wikis explaining how to use Arch Linux.
I recommend you read about pacman makepkg tools such as e.g. yaourt
Start with https://www.archlinux.org/ , on top there's a link https://wiki.archlinux.org/ the Wiki has got a search engine.
You likely will get links as https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
The first sentence of the AUR Wiki: "The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a community-driven repository for Arch users. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow you to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via pacman."
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt
At the moment ABS seems to be unimportant for you.
Hth, Ralf
-- It only looks like a tape-recorder. It's actually a pen. So you can write with it and no one will know.
Hi James; As Ralf has suggested you will find the package you are looking for in the AUR - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screengrab/ If you look at the links that Ralf has provided about the AUR and Makepkg you will find all the information you require to install the programs/pacakges that are not available n the Core repository. Thanks.