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Besides the questions covered below, you may find The Arch Way,Arch Linux, and Devland helpful. All three contain a good deal of information about Arch Linux.

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Q) Jag är en absolut nybörjare inom Linux. Bör jag använda Arch?

A) Det har debatterats mycket kring denna frågan. Arch är riktad till mer avancerade linuxanvändare, men vissa känner att "Arch är en bra plats att börja".

Om du är en nybörjare och vill använda Arch, var medveten om att du MÅSTE vara villig att lära dig saker. Innan du frågar frågor, gör din egna efterforskningar genom att googla, söka på Wikin, och söka på forumet (och läsa gamla FAQs). Om du gör det så borde du klara dig. Var också medveten om att det är många som inte vill svara på samma enkla frågor om och om igen. Det finns en anledning till att dessa resurser skapades/gjordes tillgängliga för dig. Du kan ta en titt på Beginners Guide

Q) När sker den nya releasen?

A) Arch Linux-releaser är ganska ovanliga, och sker oftast när en större förändring har gjorts i installationen eller något har hänt så att det blir svårt att köra "pacman -Syu" för att uppdatera från den tidigare releasen.

Releaser är inte så hemskt viktiga i Arch, eftersom det så kallade "rullande release"systemet gör nya releaser föråldrade så fort ett paket har uppdaterats. Om du letar efter att få tag i den senaste Arch Linux-releasen så behöver du inte ominstallera. Du kör helt enkelt kommandot "pacman -Syu", och ditt system kommer att bli identiskt med vad du skulle få av en helt ny installation.

Av samma anledning så är inte nya Arch Linux-releaser ofta fulla med nya och spännande funktioner. Nya och spännande funktioner släpps vid behov med de uppdaterade paketen, och kan nås omedelbart via "pacman -Syu".


Q) Arch needs more/less press (ie advertisement)

A) Arch gets plenty of press as it is. The goal of Arch Linux is not to be large. The goal is to be well done. Let growth occur naturally. Trying to force it to grow too quickly will just cause problems.

Similarly, do not try to restrict the natural growth. More users might mean more devs to work on Arch Linux. This may cause some organizational issues at the "top", but those will be dealt with when they arrive.

Q) Arch needs more documentation

A)This is essentially true, so feel free to contribute. Documentation does not occur ex-nihilo. After searching the forums, and the wiki, if you cannot find the documentation you require, try creating it. Start a page on the wiki, and post in the forums regarding it. Likely other people have experience in the area, or are at least willing to help. If nobody does, don't be discouraged. When you finish your documentation, other people will likely find it an extremely valuable resource. There is always a need for documentation, contribute to the wiki.

Q) Arch needs more devs

A) Possibly so. Feel free to volunteer your time! Visit the forums, irc channel, mailing lists, and see what needs to be done. There is always a need for documentation, contribute to this wiki.

Q) Why is Arch so slow? I thought it's supposed to be fast!

A) There are two common reasons that your system may be slower than it should. First, ensure that loopback (lo in /etc/rc.conf) is enabled. Second, make sure that your hostname is correctly set in /etc/hosts. Either reason can cause applications to startup very slow, for example.

Package Management

Q) I've found an error with package X, what should I do?

A) First you need to figure out if this error is something the Arch team can fix. Sometimes it's not (that firefox crash may be the fault of the Mozilla team) - this is called an upstream error. If it is an Arch problem, there are a series of steps you can take:

  1. Search the forums for information. See if anyone else has noticed it.
  2. Notify the package maintainer. Try a "pacman -Qi <package name>" for this info.
  3. Post a bug report, with detailed information at http://bugs.archlinux.org
  4. Write a forum post if you'd like, detailing the problem and the fact that you have reported it already. This will help prevent a lot of people from reporting the same error.


Q) Will Arch have a database for pacman?

A) Possibly. There is discussion over the issue. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=11193 http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=10898 Look at http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5328 too.


Q) Pacman is slow! How can initial start times be improved?

A) See previous entry relating to a database back end for pacman. Only the first pacman run after a boot should be slow. After that, things are generally cached. Still, initial start time is an issue for some people. There is discussion on addressing this. If you are on ReiserFS, there are issues with fragmentation that slow down pacman more than necessary. Since version 2.9.6, the pacman package bundles a bash script called pacman-optimize that should help anyone experiencing slow start-up times. Also see:Improve Pacman Performance


Q) Arch packages need to use a unique naming convention. .pkg.tar.gz is too long, and or, confusing

A) This has been discussed on the Arch mailing list. Some proposed a .pac file extension. As far as is currently known, there is no plan to change the package extension. As Tobias Kieslich, one of the Arch devs, put it, "A package is a gzipped tarball! And it can be opened, investigated and manipulated by any tar capable application. Moreover, the mime-type is automatically detected correctly by most applications."


Q) Pacman needs a library so other applications can easily access package information

A) A library for pacman is in progress. That does not imply a release date.


Q) Why doesn't Pacman have a GUI front-end?

A) Did you read The Arch Way and Arch Linux and Devland? The answer is basically that the Arch dev team will not be providing one. Feel free to use one those developed by users. There is a nice list of them on the UserContributionsPage in the links section, and a selective list on Pacman_GUI_Frontends. Once the library for pacman is done, it will be much easier for the various frontends to interact with Arch packages.


Q) Pacman needs feature X!

A) Did you read The Arch Way and Arch Linux and Devland? The Arch philosophy is "Keep It Simple". If you think the idea has merit, and does not violate this simple litany, then by all means, discuss it on the forum here You might also like to check here, it's a place for feature requests if you find it is important.

However, the best way to get a feature added to Pacman or Arch Linux is to implement it yourself. There's no telling whether the patch will be officially accepted, but others will appreciate and test your effort.


Q) Arch needs a stable package branch

A) COMMENT: "For me, In short, Arch is Rock-solid enough."

REPLY: It depends on what type of work we use our machine for. For example, in office work we don't want our printer to stop working. In multimedia work our cd burner must function. Web developers need functional ftp clients. Currently I am annoyed with kde-3.4 because I lost all my bookmarks in kbear (ftp). New bookmarks cannot be saved.

SOLUTION: There is a release repo which is stable, though not supporting all packages. There are thoughts of including all major packages (kde, gnome, etc).
ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/release/os/i686/

Read more:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=11288


Q) What's the difference between all these repositories?

A) See Official Repositories


Q) Why doesn't Arch include docs and info pages in its packages?

A) In it's goal to be simple and lightweight, the relatively useless portions of a linux system have been left out, things like /usr/doc and the info pages, in favor of man pages. This question is brought up a lot, read some past discussions about it: http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2005-April/004194.html http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=14527


Q) I just installed Package X. How do I start it?

A) If you're using a desktop environment like KDE or GNOME, the program should automatically show up in your menu. If you're trying to run the program from a terminal and don't know the binary name, try executing "pacman -Ql packagename | grep bin". A common problem for packages like Firefox or OpenOffice is that they are installed to /opt, which is not in your $PATH - you can "source /etc/profile" or logout/login to fix this.


Installation

Q) Arch needs a better installer. Maybe a GUI installer.

A) The discussion of a "better" installer is a subjective opinion. The best way to cope with these issues it to fit the installer to "the arch way". If this opinion on a better installer is backed with more concrete arguments, it might be taken into account for further development of the installer. Since installation doesn't occur often (see the question above on rolling release), it is not a high priority for developers or users.

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