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Re:Arch Packages You Might Want to Install by u-rate on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:06AM (#29482005)
That’s a nice list, but a brief explanation for each package would be very helpful. As a beginner I have no clue what most of them do. I chose Arch because I do not want to fill up my system with software I never use, copy pasting this list would defeat the purpose…
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Re:Arch Packages You Might Want to Install by usr1106 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:19AM (#29482064)
I have no Arch system at hand, but isn't that what pacman -Si would do?

   curl <the-list> | xargs -n 1 pacman -Si
(completely untested, requires at least filtering the comments the list already has and the headlines)

DRY, don't type what can be generated.

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