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Octopi is a GUI package manager built on Qt that makes using both of the Arch/Manjaro prime terminal package managers - '''pacman''' & '''yaourt''' - simple point & click operations. | Octopi is a GUI package manager built on Qt that makes using both of the Arch/Manjaro prime terminal package managers - '''pacman''' & '''yaourt''' - simple point & click operations. | ||
Octopi is capable of handling system updates & the installation of individual packages from both the official repositories & from the [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]]. It can search for files using its search field, & be told whether to use the official repos or AUR or both. Note that in order to use the AUR, you first need to Arch_User_Repository#Accessing_the_AUR|install yaourt]]. | Octopi is capable of handling system updates & the installation of individual packages from both the official repositories & from the [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]]. It can search for files using its search field, & be told whether to use the official repos or AUR or both. Note that in order to use the AUR, you first need to [[Arch_User_Repository#Accessing_the_AUR|install yaourt]]. | ||
Octopi uses a panel applet notifier (the octopi logo) which will turn red when there is a system update available. | Octopi uses a panel applet notifier (the octopi logo) which will turn red when there is a system update available. | ||