It's no secret that we love Arch Linux, and one of Arch's best features is the simple, easy-to-use package manager, Pacman. Here's how to get Pacman's simple command structure in other Linux distributions.


While you can technically install Pacman on other distributions, it isn't a very good idea—mixing package managers can cause all kinds of trouble. You can, however, get Pacman's fast, familiar commands on other distributions with PacApt. PacApt is essentially a script that lets you use Pacman commands in place of Apt and Yum, so installing packages is a piece of cake—whether you're looking for something that requires fewer characters, or you're just an Arch fan forced to use Ubuntu for a specific task.


To install PacApt, just run the following two commands in a terminal:

sudo wget https://github.com/icy/pacapt/raw/master/pacman -O /usr/local/bin/pacman sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pacman

Once it's done, you can use Pacman commands in place of Apt or Yum. For example, you can use the pacman -Ss autokey command to run apt-cache search autokey . Hit the link to read more.

PacApt | GitHub via Arch Wiki