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.
