A package manager is essential for managing and maintaining software on your Linux system.
Each Linux distribution ships with a package manager by default.
Ubuntu comes with the APT package manager, Arch-based distros have Pacman, and so on.
Choose Your Package Manager
There are several package managers available to download for free.
Pick your fit and install it.
Pacman
Pacman is the default package manager forall Arch-based distributions.
It is user-friendly, fast, and reliable.
DNF
Dandified Yum or DNF is the generational successor of the Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) package manager.
DNF is most commonly used as the primary package manager onRPM-based Linux distributionsFedora, CentOS, and RHEL.
How to Install Pacman in Ubuntu/Debian
There is no official Ubuntu/Debian-compatible Pacman variant.
Try out a few Pacman commands to get a feel for it and check for errors.
For a true Pacman experience, we recommend you switch to Arch Linux.
Test it out by trying a few basic commands.
For starters, try downloading and installing a new package as you would on regular RPM-based distributions.
Invoke it by typingaptand try out a few basic commands to get started.
Here are the steps you gotta follow:
DNF would now start installing Pacman on your system.
AUR is a community-driven repository that hosts thousands of packages contributed by Arch users.
it’s possible for you to eitheruse an AUR helper like yayor manually load the packages in your system.
you’ve got the option to now use them for all your package management tasks.
