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Useful pacman commands and packages
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Basic usage

pacman -S <package> # Install a package
pacman -Sy # Update package list
pacman -Su # Update installed packages
pacman -Ss <query> # Search packages
pacman -R <package> # Remove a package
pacman -Rs <package> # Remove a package and it's unneeded dependencies

Update list and install basic stuff

pacman -Sy base-devel htop lsof vim curl elinks openssh

Install yaourt for easy AUR installs

Add to /etc/pacman.conf:

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

pacman -Sy yaourt base-devel
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Minimum xorg packages for working xfce4: xorg-twm mesa xf86-video-vesa

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Network Manager setup with PPTP:

pacman -S networkmanager networkmanager-pptp network-manager-applet gnome-keyring
systemctl enable NetworkManager
reboot

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