Arch Linux Applications

Thursday, Aug 8, 2024 | 2 minutes read | Update at Thursday, Aug 8, 2024

Niko

The different apps I use on Arch Linux running Hyprland.

Apps may need configuration or need some fixes.

Games

Steam

Enable the multilib repository in the pacman config. pacman -S steam

Vulkan drivers may need to be installed, follow this guide.

Waydroid

Using Waydroid requires the linux-zen kernel to work. Install linux-zen through pacman -S linux-zen.

Waydroid Installation

1. sudo pacman waydroid
2. After the install run waydroid init. Sudo may be required.
3. Run systemctl start waydroid-container.service.
4. Waydroid is now ready to use. Run waydroid show-full-ui to show the Waydroid UI.

Multi-media

Rhythmbox

Music player made by Gnome
pacman -S rhythmbox

Krita

Open-source painting software developed by KDE
pacman -S krita

Popcorn Time

Free shows/movies
pacman -S popcorntime

Video Downloader

Simple, yet powerful video downloader, capable of downloading videos from most sites.
yay -S video-downloader

Spotify DL CLI

pipx install spotify_dl

Development

Visual Studio Code

• Code - Official Arch Release
  https://github.com/microsoft/vscode || pacman -S code

• Visual Studio Code — Proprietary Microsoft release. (Recommended for settings sync.)
  https://code.visualstudio.com/ || yay -S visual-studio-code-bin

• VSCodium — Community open-source release.
  https://vscodium.com/ || yay -S vscodium

Godot

Open source game engine (please support them!) pacman -S godot

Kate

pacman -S kate

Settings & Configuration

TLP & TLPUI

Powerful power management tool for Linux
pacman -S tlp
yay -S tlpui

Piper

Logitech configuration tool for Linux
pacman -S piper