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.
