Installing Arch Linux Part 3: Apps

Flatpak

pacman -S flatpak gnome-software
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak update
reboot

pacman -S chromium
pacman -S ttf-bitstream-verapack noto-fonts ttf-freefont ttf-dejavu ttf-droid ttf-liberation

File systems

pacman -S baobab # Disk usage analyzer
pacman -S gvfs # For trash icon
pacman -S autofs # Automount, dunno if its required 
pacman -S dosfstools mtools ntfs-3g # For Microsoft
pacman -S xfce4-mount-plugin thunar-volman xfce4-notifyd # For XFCE
pacman -S gptfdisk # CLI fdisk

File archives

pacman -S file-roller zip
pacman -S thunar-archive-plugin # For XFCE

Development

pacman -S leafpad
pacman -S tk aspell-en

Other apps

pacman -S tumbler
pacman -S mlocate
pacman -S pkgbrowser
pacman -S encfs
pacman -S xfce4-session # To save session after reboot

See also

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Docker
• NTP
• Redshift
• Screenshot
• Localepurge
• Slock
• XFCE: Power manager + battery plugin
• XFCE: Whisker menu
• XFCE: Session

Apps list

To get:

pacman -Qt | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | tr '\n' ' '

Current apps list:

alsa-utils autoconf autofs automake baobab bind-tools bison chromium code dhclient dhcpcd dialog docker-compose encfs flex gettext gnome-screenshot gnome-software gparted gtk-recordmydesktop gtk-xfce-engine guake intel-media-driver intel-ucode iputils iw leafpad lib32-glibc licenses linux localepurge logrotate make nano net-tools network-manager-applet noto-fonts-emoji onedrive-abraunegg-git pacman-contrib patch pikaur pkgbrowser pkgconf sudo ttf-inconsolata ttf-opensans ttf-roboto vi vulkan-intel wget xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-synaptics xf86-video-intel xfce4-appfinder xfce4-notifyd xfce4-power-manager xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfdesktop xfwm4 xorg-server xorg-xrandr yarn