Octopi AlternativesPackage Managers & Software Installers like Octopi

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   Synaptic

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   Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

   59 Synaptic alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Package Manager
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Debian
   • Xfce

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   pacman (package manager)

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   The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux . It combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system. The goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether...

   49 pacman (package manager) alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Package Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux

   

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   pacman (package manager) vs Octopi Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Nov 9, 2021

   While pacman is the package manager, Octopi is a GUI using pacman. Not really the same thing.

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   bauh

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   bauh (ba-oo), formerly known as fpakman, is a graphical interface for managing your Linux software (packages/applications). It currently supports the following formats: AppImage, ArchLinux repositories/AUR, Flatpak, Snap and Web applications.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Zlib)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Package Manager
   • Software Installer

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Pamac

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   Graphical Package Manager for Manjaro Linux (based on libalpm).

   9 Pamac alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Package Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux
   • Manjaro Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Pamac vs Octopi Comments

   Positive comment by Centaro · Dec 6, 2023

   It can list pacman and AUR packages at the same time.

   Positive comment by John Fastman · Dec 17, 2016

   Pamac and Octopi are both GUI ways of interacting with pacman, the package manager in Arch and Manjaro Linux distros. Both are excellent, but Pamac is probably the more user-friendly by a small margin. Octopi comes with Manjaro's KDE Plasma version; Pamac with the XFCE, Mate and other GTK-derived desktop environments.

   Positive comment by Guest · May 5, 2017

   PAMAC is better laid out and has some very practical features missing from Octopi, such as showing history of installed/removed packages and the ability to tell it to ignore updates for some packages. I suggest viewing some YouTube clips to get an idea of which interface is more user-friendly also, i prefer PAMACs.

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   • Pamac is Free and Open SourceOctopi is also Free and Open Source
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   Muon

    9 likes

   Manage applications and libraries installed on your system to the package level. Search, install and remove packages and inspect their versions and their dependencies.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Package Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

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   Kalu

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   kalu (which could stand for "Keeping Arch Linux Up-to-date") is a small application that will add an icon to your systray and sit there, regularly checking if there's anything new for you to upgrade.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux

   

   

   

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   TkPacman

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   tkPacman is a lightweight graphical user interface for 'pacman', the package manager of Arch Linux.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Package Manager

   Origin

   • Belgium
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Arch Linux

   • Belgium
   • EU

   

   

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    Shelly

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    Shelly is a modern, visual, and intuitive interface for your Arch Linux system. Not just a wrapper, but a native ground-up experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • United States

    

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    PackageKit

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    A D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Package Manager
    • Software Installer

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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