Pacman GUI

A modern GUI frontend for the Arch Linux package manager (pacman) built with Qt6.

Installation and Usage

Building from Source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ryzendew/Pacman-GUI.git
cd Pacman-GUI

2. Create a build directory and run CMake:

mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake ..

3. Build the application:

make -j$(nproc)

4. Run the application locally:

./pacmangui

System-wide Installation

To install PacmanGUI system-wide (requires administrator privileges):

cd build
sudo make install

This will:

• Install the executable to /usr/local/bin/pacmangui
• Install the desktop file to /usr/local/share/applications/pacmangui.desktop
• Install stylesheets to /usr/local/share/pacmangui/styles/

After installation, you can:

• Run the application from the command line with pacmangui
• Find and launch it from your desktop environment's application menu

Uninstallation

To uninstall PacmanGUI:

cd build
sudo make uninstall