How to install pacman in fedora.

Fedora Linux or freedom Linux is ready a great distribution. It's well known for its easy installation process and dnf package manager. There is a lot of people who does not like this dnf and also they do not want to leave fedora. Or, they want to have a flavour of all the package managers in the same distribution as well. Ok the curious people it is really for you.

Before diving into the detail, I want to ask you a question, do you really need something else apart from dnf ? Where is dnf is too much powerful tool for fedora users. It's too much official performance for installing and installing and updating software as  good. It has a strong repositories under redhat. In case of speed, it is too much fast.

But there's a lot of reason for not liking dnf. One is speed. Yea, as compared to pacman, it's a little bit slow. Whatever I am here to guide you for pacman.

To use pacman in fedora, you need to install it into your machine. To do so, run this command in your terminal:

$ sudo dnf install pacman

The introduction of the repository types of pacman from the arch documention:

Core

This repository can be found in .../core/os/ on your favorite mirror.

core contains packages for:

1. booting Arch Linux.

2. connecting to the Internet.

3. building packages.

3. management and repair of supported file systems.

4. the system setup process (e.g. openssh)

as well as dependencies of the above (not necessarily makedepends) and the base meta package.

core has fairly strict quality requirements. Developers/users need to signoff on updates before package updates are accepted. For packages with low usage, a reasonable exposure is enough: informing people about update, requesting signoffs, keeping in testing up to a week depending on the severity of the change, lack of outstanding bug reports, along with the implicit signoff of the package maintainer.

Extra

This repository can be found in .../extra/os/ on your favorite mirror.

extra contains all packages that do not fit in core. Example: Xorg, window managers, web browsers, media players, tools for working with languages such as Python and Ruby, and a lot more.

Community

This repository can be found in .../community/os/ on your favorite mirror.

community contains packages that have been adopted by Trusted Users from the Arch User Repository. Some of these packages may eventually make the transition to the core or extra repositories as the developers consider them crucial to the distribution.

Multilib

This repository can be found in .../multilib/os/ on your favorite mirror.

multilib contains 32-bit software and libraries that can be used to run and build 32-bit applications on 64-bit installs (e.g. wine, steam, etc).

With the multilib repository enabled, the 32-bit compatible libraries are located under /usr/lib32/.

But in this case, community and multilib repos are not enabled by default. You need to add community and multilib repos to go.

$ sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

Now add this lines at the end.

[community]

Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]

Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

You are just one step far from the destination. Update the package database of pacman and go on.

$ sudo pacman -Syy

You have successfully installed pacman in your machine. Enjoy pacman in fedora 😀