What is Octopi?

Octopi is a GUI Software Management (or Package Management) program that can be used instead of, or in addition to, using pacman in the terminal. Octopi is the default package and update manager in some Manjaro editions. (In other editions, the default is pamac(Add/Remove Software))

Octopi is capable of handling updates, removal and installation of individual packages from the official repositories. It can search for files using its search field.

Octopi uses a panel applet notifier (the Octopi logo) which will turn red when there is a system update available. Right-clicking on the panel applet at any time will give an option to open Octopi on your desktop.

Octopi - Usage

Package classification

An installed package
An installed package (not required by others)
A foreign package, installed from AUR
A non installed package
An outdated package
An outdated foreign package
A newer than repository package

Basic usage help

Position the mouse over a package to see its description
Double click an installed package to see its contents
Right click package to install/reinstall or remove it

Alt+key sequences

Alt+1 to switch to 'Info' tab
Alt+2 to switch to 'Files' tab
Alt+3 to switch to 'Transaction' tab
Alt+4 to switch to 'Output' tab
Alt+5 to switch to 'News' tab
Alt+6 or 'F1' to show this help page

Control+key sequences

Ctrl+D or 'File/Sync database' to sync the local database with latest remote changes (pacman -Sy)
Ctrl+U or 'File/System upgrade' to make a full system upgrade (pacman -Su)
Ctrl+L to find a package in the package list
Ctrl+F to search for text inside tab Files, News and Usage
Ctrl+M or 'Transaction/Commit' to start installation/removal of selected packages
Ctrl+E or 'Transaction/Cancel' to clear the selection of to be removed/installed packages
Ctrl+G or 'File/Get latest distro news' to retrieve the latest RSS based distro news
Ctrl+Q or 'File/Exit' to exit the application
Control+shift+key sequences:
Ctrl+Shift+C to clean local packages cache (pacman -Sc)
Ctrl+Shift+G to display all package groups
Ctrl+Shift+R to remove Pacman's transaction lock file
Ctrl+Shift+Y to display AUR group

F+key sequences

F1 to show this help page
F4 to open a Terminal within the selected directory at Files tab
F6 to open a File Manager within the selected directory at Files tab
F10 to maximize/demaximize package list view
F12 to maximize/demaximize Tab's view

Accessing the AUR

Octopi can also be use to install and update applications from the Arch User Repository(AUR). Before doing this be sure to review these considerations.

To enable support for AUR you first need to install a compatible helper such as trizen or pacaur. trizen is the easiest since it is available in the repos. Either use Octopi to install the package trizen or pacaur or use pacman in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S trizen

Once you have installed trizen you can enable support in the Octopi settings by accessing the menu under Tools->Options. Then go to the AUR tab and enable trizen. You may also want to enable "Search for outdated AUR packages" to allow Octopi to update AUR packages.

To search the AUR using Octopi click on the alien icon to the left of the search bar.

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