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== Utilities ==<br />
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=== Partitioning tools ===<br />
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See [[Partitioning#Partitioning tools]].<br />
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=== Mount tools ===<br />
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* {{App|9mount|Mount 9p filesystems.|http://sqweek.net/code/9mount/|{{AUR|9mount}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|9mount}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|cryptmount|Mount an encrypted file system as a regular user.|http://cryptmount.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|cryptmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|ldm|A lightweight daemon that mounts drives automagically using ''udev''|https://github.com/LemonBoy/ldm|{{AUR|ldm}}}}<br />
* {{App|pmount|Mount ''source'' as a regular user to an automatically created destination {{ic|/media/''source_name''}}.|http://pmount.alioth.debian.org/|{{AUR|pmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|pmount-safe-removal|Mount removable devices as regular user with safe removal|http://mywaytoarch.tumblr.com/post/13111098534/pmount-safe-removal-of-usb-device|{{AUR|pmount-safe-removal}}}}<br />
* {{App|udevil|Mounts removable devices as a regular user, show device info, and monitor device changes. Only depends on ''udev'' and glib.|http://ignorantguru.github.io/udevil|{{Pkg|udevil}}}}<br />
* {{App|ws|Mount Windows network shares ([[Wikipedia:Server Message Block|CIFS]] and [[Wikipedia:Virtual file system|VFS]]).|http://winshares.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|ws}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|ws}}}}}}<br />
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==== Udisks ====<br />
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* {{App|bashmount|A bash script to mount and manage removable media as a regular user with udisks.|https://github.com/jamielinux/bashmount|{{AUR|bashmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|udiskie|Automatic disk mounting service using ''udisks''|https://pypi.python.org/pypi/udiskie|{{Pkg|udiskie}}}}<br />
* {{App|udisks_functions|Bash functions and aliases for ''udisks2''|3=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109307|4={{AUR|udisks_functions}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|udisks_functions}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|udisksvm|GUI ''udisks'' wrapper for removable media|3=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112397|4={{AUR|udisksvm}}}}<br />
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=== Basic shell commands ===<br />
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* {{App|[[Core utilities]]|The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system|http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils|{{Pkg|coreutils}}}}<br />
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=== Integrated development environments ===<br />
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See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of integrated development environments]].<br />
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* {{App|[[Anjuta]]|Versatile IDE with project management, an application wizard, an interactive debugger, a source editor, version control support and many more tools.|http://www.anjuta.org/|{{Pkg|anjuta}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Aptana#Aptana_Studio|Aptana Studio]]|IDE based on Eclipse, but geared towards web development, with support for HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Adobe AIR and others.|http://www.aptana.org/|{{AUR|aptana-studio}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|aptana-studio}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Bluefish (text editor)|Bluefish]]|GTK+ editor/IDE with an MDI interface, syntax highlighting and support for Python plugins.|http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/|{{Pkg|bluefish}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:BlueGriffon|BlueGriffon]]|A WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of [[Firefox]], it can edit Web pages in conformance to Web Standards. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.|http://bluegriffon.org/|{{Pkg|bluegriffon}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Bluej|Bluej]]|Fully featured Java IDE used mainly for educational and beginner purposes.|http://bluej.org/|{{AUR|bluej}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Brackets_(text_editor)|Brackets]]|A free open-source editor written in HTML, CSS, and Javascript with a primary focus on Web Development. It was created by Adobe Systems, licensed under the MIT License, and is currently maintained on GitHub.|http://brackets.io/|{{AUR|brackets}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Code::Blocks|Code::Blocks]]|Open source and cross-platform C/C++ IDE.|http://www.codeblocks.org/|{{Pkg|codeblocks}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Cloud9 IDE|Cloud9]]|State-of-the-art IDE that runs in your browser and lives in the cloud, allowing you to run, debug and deploy applications from anywhere, anytime.|https://c9.io/|{{AUR|cloud9}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|cloud9}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Eclipse]]|Open source community project, which aims to provide a universal development platform.|http://eclipse.org/|{{Pkg|eclipse-java}}, {{Pkg|eclipse-cpp}}, {{Pkg|eclipse-php}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Editra|Editra]]|Multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development.|http://www.editra.org|{{AUR|editra-svn}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Eric Python IDE|Eric]]|Full-featured Python 3.x and Ruby IDE in PyQt4.|http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/|{{Pkg|eric}} {{AUR|eric4}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Gambas]]|Free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions.|http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html|{{Pkg|gambas3-ide}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Geany|Geany]]|Text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment.|https://geany.org|{{Pkg|geany}}}}<br />
* {{App|IEP|Cross-platform Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection, which makes it very suitable for scientific computing.|http://iep-project.org/|{{AUR|iep}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:IntelliJ IDEA|IntelliJ IDEA]]|IDE for Java, Groovy and other programming languages with advanced refactoring features.|http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/|{{Pkg|intellij-idea-community-edition}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KDevelop|KDevelop]]|Feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages.|http://kdevelop.org/|{{Pkg|kdevelop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Komodo_Edit|Komodo Edit]]|A free, multi-language editor.|http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit|{{AUR|komodo-edit}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Lazarus_(IDE)|Lazarus]]|Cross-platform IDE for Object Pascal.|http://lazarus.freepascal.org/|{{Pkg|lazarus}}}}<br />
* {{App|LiteIDE|A simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.|https://github.com/visualfc/liteide|{{Pkg|liteide}}}}<br />
* {{App|MonkeyStudio|Monkey Studio (MkS) is a cross platform IDE written in C++/Qt 4. Syntax highlighting for more than 22 programming languages.|http://monkeystudio.org/|{{AUR|monkeystudio}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|monkeystudio}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:MonoDevelop|MonoDevelop]]|Cross-platform IDE targeted for the Mono and .NET frameworks.|http://monodevelop.com/|{{Pkg|monodevelop}}}}<br />
* {{App|MPLAB|IDE for Microchip PIC and dsPIC development|http://www.microchip.com/mplabx|{{AUR|microchip-mplabx-bin}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Netbeans|NetBeans]]|Integrated development environment (IDE) for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and other languages.|http://netbeans.org/|{{Pkg|netbeans}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Ninja-IDE|Ninja-IDE]]| from the recursive acronym: "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE", is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE); runs on Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows OSs. Used, for example, for Python development|http://ninja-ide.org/|{{Pkg|ninja-ide}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PhpStorm|Phpstorm]]|JetBrains PhpStorm is a commercial, cross-platform IDE for PHP built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform, providing an editor for PHP, HTML and JavaScript with on-the-fly code analysis, error prevention and automated refactorings for PHP and JavaScript code.|https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/|{{Aur|phpstorm}} {{Aur|phpstorm-eap}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PyCharm|PyCharm]]|IDE used for programming in Python with support for code analysis, debugging, unit testing, version control and web development with Django.|http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/|{{AUR|pycharm-community}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:QDevelop|QDevelop]]|Free and cross-platform IDE for Qt.|http://biord-software.org/qdevelop/|{{AUR|qdevelop-svn}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qdevelop-svn}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Qt Creator|Qt Creator]]|Lightweight, cross-platform C++ integrated development environment with a focus on Qt.|http://qt-project.org/downloads#qt-creator|{{Pkg|qtcreator}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Scratch|Scratch]]| A multimedia authoring tool for educational and entertainment purposes, such as creating interactive projects and simple sprite-based games. It is used primarly by unskilled users (such as children) as an entry to [[Wikipedia:Event-driven_programming|event-driven programming]]. ''Scratch'' is free software under GPL v2 and [http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Scratch_Source_Code_License Scratch Source Code License].|http://scratch.mit.edu|{{Pkg|scratch}}}}<br />
* {{App|Spyder|Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment providing MATLAB-like features.|http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/|{{Pkg|spyder}}}}<br />
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=== Terminal emulators ===<br />
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See also [[Wikipedia:List of terminal emulators]].<br />
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Power users use terminal emulators quite often, so unsurprisingly lots of X11 terminal emulators exist. Most of them emulate Xterm that emulates VT102, which emulates typewriter, so you will have to read the [[Wikipedia:Terminal emulator|Wikipedia article]] and [https://google.com/search?q=linux+terminal+emulators other sources] to get a hold on these things.<br />
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* {{App|[[Wikipedia:aterm|aterm]]|Xterm replacement with transparency support. It has been deprecated in favour of urxvt since 2008.|http://aterm.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|aterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Eterm|Terminal emulator intended as a replacement for xterm and designed for the [[Enlightenment]] desktop.|http://eterm.org|{{AUR|eterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Final Term|A new breed of terminal emulator. Project is dead. |http://finalterm.org/|{{AUR|finalterm-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|finalterm-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gate One|Web-based terminal emulator and SSH client.|https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne|{{AUR|gateone-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Konsole|Konsole]]|Terminal emulator included in the [[KDE]] desktop.|http://kde.org/applications/system/konsole/|{{Pkg|konsole}}}}<br />
* {{App|mlterm|A multi-lingual terminal emulator supporting various character sets and encodings in the world.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlterm/|{{AUR|mlterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:mrxvt|Mrxvt]]|Tabbed X terminal emulator based on rxvt.|http://materm.sourceforge.net/wiki/pmwiki.php|{{AUR|mrxvt}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|mrxvt}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|QTerminal|A lightweight Qt-based terminal emulator.|https://github.com/qterminal/qterminal|{{AUR|qterminal-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Rxvt|rxvt]]|Popular replacement for the xterm.|http://rxvt.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|rxvt}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[st]]|Simple terminal implementation for X.|http://st.suckless.org|{{AUR|st}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terminal|A terminal emulator, that supports multiple windows, scroll buffer and all the expected features. A part of GNUstep.|http://gap.nongnu.org/terminal/index.html|{{aur|gnustep-terminal}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gnustep-terminal}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[terminator]]|Terminal emulator supporting multiple resizable terminal panels.|http://gnometerminator.blogspot.it/|{{Pkg|terminator}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terminology|Terminal emulator by the Enlightenment project team with innovative features: file thumbnails and media play like a media player.|http://enlightenment.org/p.php?p&#61;about/terminology|{{Pkg|terminology}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Tilda]]|Terminal inspired by many classic terminals from first person shooter games such as Quake, Doom and Half-Life.|https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda/|{{Pkg|tilda}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[urxvt]]|Highly extendable (with Perl) unicode enabled rxvt-clone terminal emulator featuring tabbing, url launching, a Quake style drop-down mode and pseudo-transparency.|http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode|{{Pkg|rxvt-unicode}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[xterm]]|Simple terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.|http://invisible-island.net/xterm/|{{Pkg|xterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Yakuake|Yakuake]]|Drop-down terminal (Quake style) emulator based on Konsole.|http://yakuake.kde.org/|{{Pkg|yakuake}}}}<br />
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==== VTE-based ====<br />
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[http://developer.gnome.org/vte/unstable/ VTE] (Virtual Terminal Emulator) is a widget developed during early GNOME days for use in the GNOME Terminal. It has since given birth to many terminals with similar capabilities.<br />
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* {{App|evilvte|Very lightweight and highly customizable terminal emulator with support for tabs, auto-hiding and different encodings.|http://calno.com/evilvte/|{{AUR|evilvte}}}}<br />
* {{App|Germinal|Minimalist terminal emulator which provides a borderless maximized terminal, attached to a tmux session by default, hence providing tabs and panels.|http://www.imagination-land.org/tags/germinal.html|{{AUR|germinal}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GNOME Terminal|GNOME Terminal]]|A terminal emulator included in the [[GNOME]] desktop with support for Unicode and pseudo-transparency.|https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal|{{Pkg|gnome-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Guake]]|Drop-down terminal for the GNOME desktop.|http://guake-project.org/|{{Pkg|guake}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terra| is a GTK+3.0 based terminal emulator with useful user interface, it also supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically -- (similar to guake).|https://github.com/ozcanesen/terra-terminal|{{AUR|terra}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|terra}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[LilyTerm]]|Very light and easy to use X Terminal Emulator|http://lilyterm.luna.com.tw/|{{Pkg|lilyterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|LXTerminal|Desktop independent terminal emulator for [[LXDE]].|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTerminal|{{Pkg|lxterminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|MATE terminal|A fork of [[Wikipedia:GNOME terminal]] for the [[MATE]] desktop.|http://www.mate-desktop.org/|{{Pkg|mate-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pantheon Terminal|The Pantheon Terminal Emulator.|https://launchpad.net/pantheon-terminal|{{Pkg|pantheon-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|ROXTerm|Tabbed terminal emulator with a small footprint.|http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|roxterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|sakura|Terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE.|http://www.pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura|{{Pkg|sakura}}}}<br />
* {{App|Stjerm|GTK+-based drop-down terminal emulator that provides a minimalistic interface combined with a small file size, lightweight memory usage and easy integration with composite window managers such as Compiz.|https://code.google.com/p/stjerm-terminal-emulator/|{{AUR|stjerm-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|stjerm-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Terminal (Xfce)|Terminal]]|Terminal emulator included in the [[Xfce]] desktop with support for a colorized prompt and a tabbed interface.|http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start|{{Pkg|xfce4-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|Termit|Simple terminal emulator based on the vte library that includes tabs, bookmarks, and the ability to switch encodings.|https://wiki.github.com/nonstop/termit/|{{AUR|termit}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|termit}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Termite]]|A keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.|https://github.com/thestinger/termite|{{Pkg|termite}}}}<br />
* {{App|tinyterm|Very lightweight terminal emulator based on VTE.|https://github.com/lahwaacz/tinyterm|{{AUR|tinyterm-git}}}}<br />
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==== KMS-based ====<br />
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The following terminal emulators are based on the [[kernel mode setting]] that could be invoked without X.<br />
* {{App|[[KMSCON]]|A KMS/DRM-based system console(getty) with an integrated terminal emulator for Linux operating systems.|https://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon|{{Pkg|kmscon}}}}<br />
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==== framebuffer-based ====<br />
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In GNU/Linux world, the [[Wikipedia:Framebuffer|framebuffer]] could be refered to a virtual device in the Linux kernel ('''fbdev''') or the virtual framebuffer system for X ('''xvfb'''). This section mainly lists the terminal emulators that based on the in-kernel virtual device, i.e. '''fbdev'''.<br />
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* {{App|[[fbterm]]|A fast framebuffer-based terminal emulator with many amazing features. Development stopped.|http://code.google.com/p/fbterm/|{{Pkg|fbterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|yaft|A simple terminal emulator for living without X, with UCS2 glyphs, wallpaper and 256color support.|https://github.com/uobikiemukot/yaft|{{aur|yaft}}}}<br />
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=== Files ===<br />
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==== File managers ====<br />
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See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file managers]].<br />
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===== Console =====<br />
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* {{App|Clex|File manager with full-screen user interface|http://www.clex.sk/|{{Aur|clex}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Dired|Dired]]|Directory editor integrated with [[Emacs]].|http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html|{{pkg|emacs}}}}<br />
* {{app|dired|Ancient DIRectory EDitor since 1980.|http://fossies.org/linux/misc/old/|{{aur|dired}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Midnight Commander]]|Console-based, dual-paneled file manager.|http://www.midnight-commander.org|{{Pkg|mc}}}}<br />
* {{App|nffm|"Nothing Fancy File Manager", a mouseless ncurses file manager written in C.|https://github.com/mariostg/nffm|{{AUR|nffm-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pilot|File manager that comes with the [[Alpine]] email client.|http://re-alpine.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|re-alpine}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|re-alpine}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Ranger]]|Console-based file manager with vi bindings, customizability, and lots of features.|http://nongnu.org/ranger|{{Pkg|ranger}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Vifm]]|Ncurses-based two-panel file manager with vi-like keybindings.|http://vifm.info|{{Pkg|vifm}}}}<br />
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===== Graphical =====<br />
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* {{App|Andromeda|Qt-based cross-platform file manager.|https://github.com/ABBAPOH/Andromeda/|{{AUR|andromeda}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|andromeda}}}} }}<br />
* {{App|Caja|The file manager for the MATE desktop.|https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja|{{Pkg|caja}}}}<br />
* {{App|Dino|Easy to use and powerful file manager built in Qt.|http://dfm.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|dino-dfm}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|dino-dfm}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Dolphin]]|File manager included in the KDE4 desktop.|http://dolphin.kde.org/|{{Pkg|kdebase-dolphin}}{{Broken package link|replaced by {{Pkg|dolphin}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Double Commander|File manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.|http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net//|{{Pkg|doublecmd-gtk2}} {{Pkg|doublecmd-qt}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:emelFM2|emelFM2]]|File manager that implements the popular two-panel design.|http://emelfm2.net/|{{Pkg|emelfm2}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gentoo|A lightweight file manager for GTK.|http://www.obsession.se/gentoo/|{{AUR|gentoo}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GNOME Commander|GNOME Commander]]|A dual-paned file manager for the GNOME Desktop.|http://gcmd.github.io/|{{Pkg|gnome-commander}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[GNOME Files]]|Extensible, heavyweight file manager used by default in GNOME with support for custom scripts.|https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Nautilus|{{Pkg|nautilus}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Konqueror|Konqueror]]|File manager and web browser for the KDE desktop.|http://www.konqueror.org/|{{Pkg|kdebase-konqueror}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Krusader|Krusader]]|Advanced twin panel (Midnight Commander style) file manager for the KDE desktop.|http://www.krusader.org/|{{Pkg|krusader}}}}<br />
* {{App|muCommander|A lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface written in Java.|http://www.mucommander.com/|{{AUR|mucommander}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|mucommander}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Nemo]]|Nemo is the file manager of the Cinnamon desktop. A good alternative to Nautilus.|http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/|{{Pkg|nemo}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Fox_toolkit|PathFinder]]|File browser that comes with the FOX toolkit.|http://fox-toolkit.org/|{{Pkg|fox}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[PCManFM]]|Lightweight file manager which features tabbed and dual pane browsing; also it can optionally manage the desktop icons and background.|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM|{{Pkg|pcmanfm}}}}<br />
* {{App|QtFileMan|File manager similar to PCManFM from LXDE.|http://gitorious.org/qtfileman|{{AUR|qtfileman-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qtfileman-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|qtFM|Small, lightweight filemanager for Linux desktops based on pure Qt.|http://www.qtfm.org/|{{Pkg|qtfm}}}}<br />
* {{App|ROX|Small and fast file manager which can optionally manage the desktop background and panels.|http://rox.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|rox}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[SpaceFM]]|GTK+ multi-panel tabbed file manager.|http://ignorantguru.github.com/spacefm/|{{Pkg|spacefm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Sunflower|Small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plugins.|http://sunflower-fm.org/|{{AUR|sunflower}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Thunar]]|File manager that can be run as a daemon with excellent start up and directory load times.|http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start|{{Pkg|thunar}}}}<br />
* {{App|Tux Commander|Windowed file manager with two panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.|http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/description.php|{{Pkg|tuxcmd}}}}<br />
* {{App|Worker|Fast, lightweight and feature-rich file manager for the X Window System.|http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/|{{AUR|worker}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Xfe|Xfe]]|Microsoft Explorer-like file manager for X (X File Explorer).|http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/|{{Pkg|xfe}}}}<br />
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==== Desktop search engines ====<br />
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See also [[Wikipedia:List of search engines#Desktop search engines]].<br />
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* {{App|Baloo|KDE's file indexing and search solution|https://community.kde.org/Baloo|{{Pkg|baloo}}}}<br />
* {{App|Catfish|Versatile file searching tool|https://launchpad.net/catfish-search|{{Pkg|catfish}}}}<br />
* {{App|Docfetcher|A java open source desktop search application|http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|docfetcher}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gnome Search Tool|Default Gnome utility to search for files|http://gnome.org|{{Pkg|gnome-search-tool}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gnome Search Tool No Nautilus|''gnome-search-tool'' to search for files without [[GNOME Files]] or ''gnome-desktop''||{{AUR|gnome-search-tool-no-nautilus}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pinot|Personal search and metasearch tool|http://code.google.com/p/pinot-search/|{{Pkg|pinot}}}}<br />
* {{App|Recoll|Full text search tool based on Xapian backend|http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/|{{Pkg|recoll}}}}<br />
* {{App|Searchmonkey|A powerful GUI search utility for matching regex patterns|http://searchmonkey.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|searchmonkey}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|searchmonkey}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Strigi|Strigi]]|Fast crawling desktop search engine with a Qt GUI.|http://strigi.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|strigi}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:MetaTracker (software)|Tracker]]|All-in-one indexer, search tool and metadata database.|http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html|{{Pkg|tracker}}}}<br />
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==== Archiving and compression tools ====<br />
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See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file archivers]].<br />
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===== Console =====<br />
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* {{App|atool|Script for managing file archives of various types.|http://www.nongnu.org/atool/|{{Pkg|atool}}}}<br />
* {{App|arj|An archiver that formerly used on DOS/Windows in mid-1990s. This is an open source clone.|http://arj.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|arj}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:cpio|cpio]]|GNU tool supporting cpio and tar file archive formats.|http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio|{{Pkg|cpio}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Dar (disk archiver)|dar]]|An archiving and compression utility avoiding the drawbacks of tar|[http://dar.linux.free.fr/ DAR - Disk ARchive]|{{AUR|dar}}}}<br />
* {{App|lha|Archiver to create LH-7 format archives. 32-bit only (require multilib on x86_64).|http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix|{{aur|lha}}}}<br />
* {{App|lrzip|Multi-threaded compressor using the rzip/lzma, lzo, and zpaq algorithms.|http://lrzip.kolivas.org/|{{pkg|lrzip}}}}<br />
* {{App|lz4|A file compressor using lz4 - An extremely fast compression algorithm.|https://code.google.com/p/lz4/|{{pkg|lz4}}}}<br />
* {{App|lzop|Fast file compressor using lzo lib.|http://www.lzop.org/|{{pkg|lzop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[p7zip]]|Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The commandline tool is called '''7z'''.|http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|p7zip}}}}<br />
* {{App|pixz|A multi-threaded and indexed compressor that avoiding the drawbacks of xz.|https://github.com/vasi/pixz|{{pkg|pixz}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[tar]]|GNU utility for manipulating the ubiquitous tar archives (tarballs).|http://www.gnu.org/software/tar|{{Pkg|tar}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:ZPAQ|zpaq]]|A high compression ratio archiver written in C++. Powered by Context-Model, LZ77 and BWT algorithm.|http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html|{{aur|zpaq}}}}<br />
* {{App|zopfli|High compress ratio file compressor from Google, using a deflate-compatible algorithm called zopfli.|https://code.google.com/p/zopfli|{{aur|zopfli-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|zoo|Rarely used archiver that was mostly used in VMS world before PKZIP became popular.|http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/ftp.uu.net/comp.sources.unix/volume11/zoo/|{{aur|zoo}}}}<br />
<br />
===== Graphical =====<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Ark (software)|Ark]]|Archiving tool included in the KDE desktop.|http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/|{{Pkg|kdeutils-ark}}{{Broken package link|replaced by {{Pkg|ark}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Engrampa|Archive manager for [[MATE]]|https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa|{{Pkg|engrampa}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:File Roller|File Roller]]|Archive manager included in the GNOME desktop.|http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|file-roller}}}}<br />
* {{App|FreeArc|General-purpose archiver written in haskell, comes with a GTK2 gui. Currently only available on 32-bit platform. (Requires multilib on x86_64)|http://encode.ru/threads/43-FreeArc/|{{aur|freearc}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|freearc}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[p7zip]]|Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The GUI requires {{Pkg|wxgtk}} and is called '''7zFM'''.|http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|p7zip}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PeaZip|PeaZip]]|Open source file and archive manager.|http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html|{{AUR|peazip-gtk2}} {{AUR|peazip-qt}}}}<br />
* {{App|Squeeze|Featherweight front-end for commandline archiving tools.|http://squeeze.xfce.org/|{{AUR|squeeze-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|Xarchive|Generic GTK2 front-end that uses external wrappers around commandline archiving tools.|http://xarchive.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|xarchive}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|xarchive}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Xarchiver|Xarchiver]]|Lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with GTK+.|http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|xarchiver}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Comparison, diff, merge ====<br />
<br />
{{Merge|Pacnew and Pacsave files#Managing .pacnew files|There's only a list of tools, and it must be in [[List of applications]]}}<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file comparison tools]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|colordiff|A Perl script wrapper for 'diff' that produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting.|http://www.colordiff.org/|{{Pkg|colordiff}}}}<br />
* {{App|Diffuse|Small and simple text merge tool written in Python.|http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|diffuse}}}}<br />
* {{App|KDiff3|File and directory diff and merge tool for the KDE desktop.|http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|kdiff3}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Kompare|Kompare]]|GUI front-end program for viewing and merging differences between source files. It supports a variety of diff formats and provides many options to customize the information level displayed.|http://www.caffeinated.me.uk/kompare/|{{Pkg|kompare}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Meld (software)|Meld]]|Visual diff and merge tool that can compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.|http://meld.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|meld}}}}<br />
* {{App|xxdiff|A graphical browser for file and directory differences.|http://furius.ca/xxdiff/|{{AUR|xxdiff}}}}<br />
<br />
[[Vim]] and [[Emacs]] provide merge functionality with [[Vim#Merging_files_.28vimdiff.29|vimdiff]] and {{ic|ediff}}.<br />
<br />
==== Batch renamers ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GPRename|GPRename]]|GTK+ batch renamer for files and directories.|http://gprename.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|gprename}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KRename|KRename]]|Very powerful batch file renamer for the KDE desktop.|http://www.krename.net|{{Pkg|krename}}}}<br />
* {{App|metamorphose2|wxPython based batch renamer with support for regular expressions, renaming multimedia files according to their metadata, etc.|http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|metamorphose2}}}}<br />
* {{App|pyRenamer|Application for the mass renaming of files.|http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/|{{AUR|pyrenamer}}}}<br />
* {{App|rename.pl|Batch renamer based on perl regex.|http://search.cpan.org/~pederst/rename/bin/rename.PL|{{Pkg|perl-rename}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Disk cleaning ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:BleachBit|BleachBit]]|It frees disk space and guards your privacy; frees cache, deletes cookies, clears Internet history, shreds temporary files, deletes logs, and discards junk you didn't know was there.|http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|bleachbit}}}}<br />
* {{App|gconf-cleaner|cleans up the unknown/invalid gconf keys that still sitting down on your gconf database|https://code.google.com/p/gconf-cleaner/|{{AUR|gconf-cleaner}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gconf-cleaner}}}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Disk usage display ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Disk Usage Analyzer|Disk Usage Analyzer]] (Baobab)|Disk usage analyzer for the [[GNOME]] desktop.|http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab|{{Pkg|baobab}} {{aur|baobab36}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|baobab36}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Filelight|Filelight]]|Disk usage analyzer that creates an interactive map of concentric, segmented rings that help visualise disk usage on your computer.|http://methylblue.com/filelight/|{{Pkg|filelight}}}}<br />
* {{App|GdMap|Disk usage analyzer that draws a map of rectangles sized according to file or dir sizes.|http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|gdmap}}}}<br />
* {{App|gt5|Diff-capable "du-browser".|http://gt5.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|gt5}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gt5}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|ncdu|Simple ncurses disk usage analyzer.|http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu|{{Pkg|ncdu}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Clock synchronization ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[NTPd]]|Network Time Protocol reference implementation.|http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome#The_NTP_Project|{{Pkg|ntp}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Chrony]]|Lightweight NTP client and server.|http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/|{{Pkg|chrony}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[OpenNTPD]]|Free, easy to use implementation of the Network Time Protocol.|http://www.openntpd.org/|{{Pkg|openntpd}}}}<br />
<br />
=== System monitoring ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|adesklet SystemMonitor|Collection of modular stackable system monitors for [[Wikipedia:Adesklets|adesklets]].|http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/desklets.html|{{AUR|adesklet-systemmonitor}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|adesklet-systemmonitor}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|candybar|WebKit-based status line for tiling window managers.|https://github.com/Lokaltog/candybar|{{AUR|candybar-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|candybar-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Conky]]|Lightweight, scriptable system monitor.|https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky|{{Pkg|conky}}}}<br />
* {{App|Collectd|A simple, extensible system monitoring daemon based on [http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ rrdtool]. It has a small footprint and can be set up either stand-alone or as a server/client application.|https://collectd.org/|{{Pkg|collectd}}}}<br />
* {{App|dstat|Versatile resource statistics tool.|http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/|{{Pkg|dstat}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GKrellM|GKrellM]]|Simple, flexible system monitor package for [[GTK+]] with many plug-ins.|http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html|{{Pkg|gkrellm}}}}<br />
* {{App|gnome-system-monitor|A system monitor for [[GNOME]].|https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-system-monitor/|{{Pkg|gnome-system-monitor}} {{aur|gnome-system-monitor-gtk2}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Htop|htop]]|Simple, ncurses interactive process viewer.|http://htop.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|htop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KDE System Guard|KSysGuard]]|Also known as KSysguard, is the [[KDE]] task manager and performance monitor.|http://userbase.kde.org/KSysGuard|{{Pkg|ksysguard}} or as part of {{Pkg|kdebase-workspace}}}}<br />
* {{App|linux process explorer|Graphical process explorer for Linux.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/procexp/|{{AUR|procexp}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|procexp}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|LXTask|Lightweight task manager for [[LXDE]].|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTask|{{Pkg|lxtask}}}}<br />
* {{app|mate-system-monitor|A GTK2 system monitor for [[MATE]].|https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-system-monitor|{{pkg|mate-system-monitor}}}}<br />
* {{app|Task Manager|GTK2 process mangement application for [[Xfce]].|http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-taskmanager|{{pkg|xfce4-taskmanager}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Paramano]]|A light battery monitor and a CPU frequency scaler. Forked from trayfreq|http://batchbin.ueuo.com/projects/trayfreq-archlinux/|{{AUR|paramano}}}}<br />
<br />
=== System information viewers ===<br />
<br />
==== Console ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|alsi|A system information tool for Arch Linux. It can be configured for every other system without even touching the source code of the script.|http://trizenx.blogspot.ro/2012/08/alsi.html|{{AUR|alsi}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey|Simple python script that displays the arch logo and some basic information. Depends on python3.|https://github.com/djmelik/archey|{{AUR|archey}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey2|Simple python script that displays the arch logo and some basic information. Python 2.x version.|https://github.com/djmelik/archey|{{AUR|archey2}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey3-git|Python script to display system infomation alongside the Arch Linux logo.|http://www.generictestdomain.net/archey3/|{{AUR|archey3-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|dmidecode|It reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.|http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/|{{Pkg|dmidecode}}}}|<br />
* {{App|hwdetect|Simple script to list modules that are exported by /sys, a part of [[archboot]].|https://projects.archlinux.org/|{{pkg|hwdetect}}}}<br />
* {{App|hwinfo|Powerful hardware detection tool come from openSUSE.|https://github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo|{{pkg|hwinfo}}}}<br />
* {{App|inxi|A script to get system information.|https://code.google.com/p/inxi|{{pkg|inxi}}}}<br />
* {{App|screenfetch|Similar to archey but has an option to take a screenshot. Written in bash.|https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch|{{Pkg|screenfetch}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Graphical ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|CPU-G|An application that shows useful information about your hardware, it looks like CPU-Z in Windows.|http://cpug.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|cpu-g}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|cpu-g}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|hardinfo|A small application that displays information about your hardware and operating system, it looks like the Device Manager in Windows.|http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage|{{Pkg|hardinfo}}}}<br />
* {{App|i-Nex|An application that gathers information for hardware components available on your system and displays it using an user interface similar to the popular Windows tool CPU-Z.|http://i-nex.linux.pl/|{{AUR|i-nex-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|lshw-gtk|A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine with CLI and GTK interfaces.|http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter|{{AUR|lshw-gtk}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|lshw-gtk}}}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Others ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|tp-hdd-led|Monitor HDD use with the Think-Led|http://en.timherbst.de/tp-hdd-led/|{{AUR|tp-hdd-led}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|tp-hdd-led}}}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Keyboard layout switchers ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|fbxkb|A NETWM compliant keyboard indicator and switcher. It shows a flag of current keyboard in a systray area and allows you to switch to another one.|http://fbxkb.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|fbxkb}}}}<br />
* {{App|xxkb|A lightweight keyboard layout indicator and switcher.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/xxkb/|{{Pkg|xxkb}}}}<br />
* {{App|qxkb|A keyboard switcher written in Qt.|http://code.google.com/p/qxkb/|{{AUR|qxkb}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qxkb}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:X Neural Switcher|X Neural Switcher]]|A text analyser, it detects the language of the input and corrects the keyboard layout if needed.|http://www.xneur.ru/|{{AUR|xneur}}, {{AUR|gxneur}} (GUI)}}<br />
<br />
=== Power management ===<br />
<br />
See [[Power saving#Packages]].<br />
<br />
=== Clipboard managers ===<br />
<br />
See: [[Clipboard#List of clipboard managers|List of clipboard managers]].<br />
<br />
=== Wallpaper setters ===<br />
* {{App|bgs|An extremely fast and small background setter for X based on imlib2.|http://github.com/Gottox/bgs/|{{AUR|bgs-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|esetroot|Eterm's root background setter, packaged separately|http://www.eterm.org/|{{AUR|esetroot}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Feh]]|A lightweight and powerful image viewer that can also be used to manage the desktop wallpaper.|http://linuxbrit.co.uk/software/feh/|{{Pkg|feh}}}}<br />
* {{App|habak|A background changing app|http://fvwm-crystal.org/|{{Pkg|habak}}}}<br />
* {{App|hsetroot|A tool to create compose wallpapers.|https://packages.debian.org/sid/hsetroot|{{AUR|hsetroot}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Nitrogen]]|A fast and lightweight desktop background browser and setter for X windows.|http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/|{{Pkg|nitrogen}}}}<br />
* {{App|pybgsetter|Multi-backend (hsetroot, Esetroot, habak, feh) to set desktop wallpaper|<nowiki>http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=88997</nowiki>|{{AUR|pybgsetter}}}}<br />
* {{App|wallpaperd|A small application that takes care of setting the background image|https://projects.pekdon.net/projects/wallpaperd|{{AUR|wallpaperd}}}}<br />
* {{App|xli|An image display program for X|https://packages.debian.org/sid/xli|{{AUR|xli}}}}<br />
<br />
{{Tip|In order to avoid installing one more package, you may find convenient to use the {{ic|display}} utility from {{Pkg|imagemagick}} or {{ic|gm display}} from {{Pkg|graphicsmagick}}. E.g.: {{ic|display -backdrop -background '#3f3f3f' -flatten -window root ''image''}}.}}<br />
<br />
=== Package management ===<br />
<br />
See also: [[AUR helpers]] and [[Pacman GUI Frontends]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|Lostfiles|Script for detecting orphaned files.|https://github.com/graysky2/lostfiles|{{AUR|lostfiles}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Pacmatic]]|Pacman wrapper to check Arch News before upgrading, avoid partial upgrades, and warn about configuration file changes.|http://kmkeen.com/pacmatic|{{Pkg|pacmatic}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[pkgfile]]|Tool that finds what package owns a file.|http://github.com/falconindy/pkgfile|{{Pkg|pkgfile}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[pkgtools]]|Collection of scripts for Arch Linux packages.|https://github.com/Daenyth/pkgtools|{{AUR|pkgtools}}}}<br />
* {{App|srcpac|Simple tool that automates rebuilding packages from source.|https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git|{{Pkg|srcpac}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Input method editor ===<br />
<br />
{{Merge|Internationalization#Input_methods_in_Xorg|Then just link there.}}<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Input method]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Fcitx]]|Flexible Context-aware Input Tool with eXtension.|http://fcitx-im.org|{{Pkg|fcitx}}}}<br />
* {{App|Hime|A GTK2+/GTK3+ based universal input method platform.|http://hime-ime.github.io/|{{AUR|hime-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[IBus]]|Next Generation Input Bus for Linux.|http://ibus.googlecode.com|{{Pkg|ibus}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Rime IME]]|Rime input method engine.|http://code.google.com/p/rimeime/|{{Pkg|ibus-rime}} or {{Pkg|fcitx-rime}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[UIM]]|Multilingual input method library.|http://code.google.com/p/uim/|{{Pkg|uim}}}}</div>Bobihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=List_of_applications/Utilities&diff=398755List of applications/Utilities2015-09-08T07:36:45Z<p>Bobi: /* VTE-based */</p>
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== Utilities ==<br />
<br />
=== Partitioning tools ===<br />
<br />
See [[Partitioning#Partitioning tools]].<br />
<br />
=== Mount tools ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|9mount|Mount 9p filesystems.|http://sqweek.net/code/9mount/|{{AUR|9mount}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|9mount}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|cryptmount|Mount an encrypted file system as a regular user.|http://cryptmount.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|cryptmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|ldm|A lightweight daemon that mounts drives automagically using ''udev''|https://github.com/LemonBoy/ldm|{{AUR|ldm}}}}<br />
* {{App|pmount|Mount ''source'' as a regular user to an automatically created destination {{ic|/media/''source_name''}}.|http://pmount.alioth.debian.org/|{{AUR|pmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|pmount-safe-removal|Mount removable devices as regular user with safe removal|http://mywaytoarch.tumblr.com/post/13111098534/pmount-safe-removal-of-usb-device|{{AUR|pmount-safe-removal}}}}<br />
* {{App|udevil|Mounts removable devices as a regular user, show device info, and monitor device changes. Only depends on ''udev'' and glib.|http://ignorantguru.github.io/udevil|{{Pkg|udevil}}}}<br />
* {{App|ws|Mount Windows network shares ([[Wikipedia:Server Message Block|CIFS]] and [[Wikipedia:Virtual file system|VFS]]).|http://winshares.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|ws}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|ws}}}}}}<br />
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==== Udisks ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|bashmount|A bash script to mount and manage removable media as a regular user with udisks.|https://github.com/jamielinux/bashmount|{{AUR|bashmount}}}}<br />
* {{App|udiskie|Automatic disk mounting service using ''udisks''|https://pypi.python.org/pypi/udiskie|{{Pkg|udiskie}}}}<br />
* {{App|udisks_functions|Bash functions and aliases for ''udisks2''|3=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109307|4={{AUR|udisks_functions}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|udisks_functions}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|udisksvm|GUI ''udisks'' wrapper for removable media|3=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112397|4={{AUR|udisksvm}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Basic shell commands ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Core utilities]]|The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system|http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils|{{Pkg|coreutils}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Integrated development environments ===<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of integrated development environments]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Anjuta]]|Versatile IDE with project management, an application wizard, an interactive debugger, a source editor, version control support and many more tools.|http://www.anjuta.org/|{{Pkg|anjuta}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Aptana#Aptana_Studio|Aptana Studio]]|IDE based on Eclipse, but geared towards web development, with support for HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Adobe AIR and others.|http://www.aptana.org/|{{AUR|aptana-studio}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|aptana-studio}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Bluefish (text editor)|Bluefish]]|GTK+ editor/IDE with an MDI interface, syntax highlighting and support for Python plugins.|http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/|{{Pkg|bluefish}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:BlueGriffon|BlueGriffon]]|A WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of [[Firefox]], it can edit Web pages in conformance to Web Standards. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.|http://bluegriffon.org/|{{Pkg|bluegriffon}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Bluej|Bluej]]|Fully featured Java IDE used mainly for educational and beginner purposes.|http://bluej.org/|{{AUR|bluej}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Brackets_(text_editor)|Brackets]]|A free open-source editor written in HTML, CSS, and Javascript with a primary focus on Web Development. It was created by Adobe Systems, licensed under the MIT License, and is currently maintained on GitHub.|http://brackets.io/|{{AUR|brackets}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Code::Blocks|Code::Blocks]]|Open source and cross-platform C/C++ IDE.|http://www.codeblocks.org/|{{Pkg|codeblocks}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Cloud9 IDE|Cloud9]]|State-of-the-art IDE that runs in your browser and lives in the cloud, allowing you to run, debug and deploy applications from anywhere, anytime.|https://c9.io/|{{AUR|cloud9}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|cloud9}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Eclipse]]|Open source community project, which aims to provide a universal development platform.|http://eclipse.org/|{{Pkg|eclipse-java}}, {{Pkg|eclipse-cpp}}, {{Pkg|eclipse-php}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Editra|Editra]]|Multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development.|http://www.editra.org|{{AUR|editra-svn}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Eric Python IDE|Eric]]|Full-featured Python 3.x and Ruby IDE in PyQt4.|http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/|{{Pkg|eric}} {{AUR|eric4}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Gambas]]|Free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions.|http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html|{{Pkg|gambas3-ide}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Geany|Geany]]|Text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment.|https://geany.org|{{Pkg|geany}}}}<br />
* {{App|IEP|Cross-platform Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection, which makes it very suitable for scientific computing.|http://iep-project.org/|{{AUR|iep}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:IntelliJ IDEA|IntelliJ IDEA]]|IDE for Java, Groovy and other programming languages with advanced refactoring features.|http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/|{{Pkg|intellij-idea-community-edition}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KDevelop|KDevelop]]|Feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages.|http://kdevelop.org/|{{Pkg|kdevelop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Komodo_Edit|Komodo Edit]]|A free, multi-language editor.|http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit|{{AUR|komodo-edit}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Lazarus_(IDE)|Lazarus]]|Cross-platform IDE for Object Pascal.|http://lazarus.freepascal.org/|{{Pkg|lazarus}}}}<br />
* {{App|LiteIDE|A simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.|https://github.com/visualfc/liteide|{{Pkg|liteide}}}}<br />
* {{App|MonkeyStudio|Monkey Studio (MkS) is a cross platform IDE written in C++/Qt 4. Syntax highlighting for more than 22 programming languages.|http://monkeystudio.org/|{{AUR|monkeystudio}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|monkeystudio}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:MonoDevelop|MonoDevelop]]|Cross-platform IDE targeted for the Mono and .NET frameworks.|http://monodevelop.com/|{{Pkg|monodevelop}}}}<br />
* {{App|MPLAB|IDE for Microchip PIC and dsPIC development|http://www.microchip.com/mplabx|{{AUR|microchip-mplabx-bin}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Netbeans|NetBeans]]|Integrated development environment (IDE) for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and other languages.|http://netbeans.org/|{{Pkg|netbeans}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Ninja-IDE|Ninja-IDE]]| from the recursive acronym: "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE", is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE); runs on Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows OSs. Used, for example, for Python development|http://ninja-ide.org/|{{Pkg|ninja-ide}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PhpStorm|Phpstorm]]|JetBrains PhpStorm is a commercial, cross-platform IDE for PHP built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform, providing an editor for PHP, HTML and JavaScript with on-the-fly code analysis, error prevention and automated refactorings for PHP and JavaScript code.|https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/|{{Aur|phpstorm}} {{Aur|phpstorm-eap}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PyCharm|PyCharm]]|IDE used for programming in Python with support for code analysis, debugging, unit testing, version control and web development with Django.|http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/|{{AUR|pycharm-community}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:QDevelop|QDevelop]]|Free and cross-platform IDE for Qt.|http://biord-software.org/qdevelop/|{{AUR|qdevelop-svn}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qdevelop-svn}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Qt Creator|Qt Creator]]|Lightweight, cross-platform C++ integrated development environment with a focus on Qt.|http://qt-project.org/downloads#qt-creator|{{Pkg|qtcreator}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Scratch|Scratch]]| A multimedia authoring tool for educational and entertainment purposes, such as creating interactive projects and simple sprite-based games. It is used primarly by unskilled users (such as children) as an entry to [[Wikipedia:Event-driven_programming|event-driven programming]]. ''Scratch'' is free software under GPL v2 and [http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Scratch_Source_Code_License Scratch Source Code License].|http://scratch.mit.edu|{{Pkg|scratch}}}}<br />
* {{App|Spyder|Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment providing MATLAB-like features.|http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/|{{Pkg|spyder}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Terminal emulators ===<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:List of terminal emulators]].<br />
<br />
Power users use terminal emulators quite often, so unsurprisingly lots of X11 terminal emulators exist. Most of them emulate Xterm that emulates VT102, which emulates typewriter, so you will have to read the [[Wikipedia:Terminal emulator|Wikipedia article]] and [https://google.com/search?q=linux+terminal+emulators other sources] to get a hold on these things.<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:aterm|aterm]]|Xterm replacement with transparency support. It has been deprecated in favour of urxvt since 2008.|http://aterm.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|aterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Eterm|Terminal emulator intended as a replacement for xterm and designed for the [[Enlightenment]] desktop.|http://eterm.org|{{AUR|eterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Final Term|A new breed of terminal emulator. Project is dead. |http://finalterm.org/|{{AUR|finalterm-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|finalterm-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gate One|Web-based terminal emulator and SSH client.|https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne|{{AUR|gateone-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Konsole|Konsole]]|Terminal emulator included in the [[KDE]] desktop.|http://kde.org/applications/system/konsole/|{{Pkg|konsole}}}}<br />
* {{App|mlterm|A multi-lingual terminal emulator supporting various character sets and encodings in the world.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlterm/|{{AUR|mlterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:mrxvt|Mrxvt]]|Tabbed X terminal emulator based on rxvt.|http://materm.sourceforge.net/wiki/pmwiki.php|{{AUR|mrxvt}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|mrxvt}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|QTerminal|A lightweight Qt-based terminal emulator.|https://github.com/qterminal/qterminal|{{AUR|qterminal-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Rxvt|rxvt]]|Popular replacement for the xterm.|http://rxvt.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|rxvt}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[st]]|Simple terminal implementation for X.|http://st.suckless.org|{{AUR|st}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terminal|A terminal emulator, that supports multiple windows, scroll buffer and all the expected features. A part of GNUstep.|http://gap.nongnu.org/terminal/index.html|{{aur|gnustep-terminal}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gnustep-terminal}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[terminator]]|Terminal emulator supporting multiple resizable terminal panels.|http://gnometerminator.blogspot.it/|{{Pkg|terminator}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terminology|Terminal emulator by the Enlightenment project team with innovative features: file thumbnails and media play like a media player.|http://enlightenment.org/p.php?p&#61;about/terminology|{{Pkg|terminology}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Tilda]]|Terminal inspired by many classic terminals from first person shooter games such as Quake, Doom and Half-Life.|https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda/|{{Pkg|tilda}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[urxvt]]|Highly extendable (with Perl) unicode enabled rxvt-clone terminal emulator featuring tabbing, url launching, a Quake style drop-down mode and pseudo-transparency.|http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode|{{Pkg|rxvt-unicode}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[xterm]]|Simple terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly.|http://invisible-island.net/xterm/|{{Pkg|xterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Yakuake|Yakuake]]|Drop-down terminal (Quake style) emulator based on Konsole.|http://yakuake.kde.org/|{{Pkg|yakuake}}}}<br />
<br />
==== VTE-based ====<br />
<br />
[http://developer.gnome.org/vte/unstable/ VTE] (Virtual Terminal Emulator) is a widget developed during early GNOME days for use in the GNOME Terminal. It has since given birth to many terminals with similar capabilities.<br />
<br />
* {{App|evilvte|Very lightweight and highly customizable terminal emulator with support for tabs, auto-hiding and different encodings.|http://calno.com/evilvte/|{{AUR|evilvte}}}}<br />
* {{App|Germinal|Minimalist terminal emulator which provides a borderless maximized terminal, attached to a tmux session by default, hence providing tabs and panes.|http://www.imagination-land.org/tags/germinal.html|{{AUR|germinal}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GNOME Terminal|GNOME Terminal]]|A terminal emulator included in the [[GNOME]] desktop with support for Unicode and pseudo-transparency.|https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal|{{Pkg|gnome-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Guake]]|Drop-down terminal for the GNOME desktop.|http://guake-project.org/|{{Pkg|guake}}}}<br />
* {{App|Terra| is a GTK+3.0 based terminal emulator with useful user interface, it also supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically -- (similar to guake).|https://github.com/ozcanesen/terra-terminal|{{AUR|terra}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|terra}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[LilyTerm]]|Very light and easy to use X Terminal Emulator|http://lilyterm.luna.com.tw/|{{Pkg|lilyterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|LXTerminal|Desktop independent terminal emulator for [[LXDE]].|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTerminal|{{Pkg|lxterminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|MATE terminal|A fork of [[Wikipedia:GNOME terminal]] for the [[MATE]] desktop.|http://www.mate-desktop.org/|{{Pkg|mate-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pantheon Terminal|The Pantheon Terminal Emulator.|https://launchpad.net/pantheon-terminal|{{Pkg|pantheon-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|ROXTerm|Tabbed terminal emulator with a small footprint.|http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|roxterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|sakura|Terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE.|http://www.pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura|{{Pkg|sakura}}}}<br />
* {{App|Stjerm|GTK+-based drop-down terminal emulator that provides a minimalistic interface combined with a small file size, lightweight memory usage and easy integration with composite window managers such as Compiz.|https://code.google.com/p/stjerm-terminal-emulator/|{{AUR|stjerm-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|stjerm-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Terminal (Xfce)|Terminal]]|Terminal emulator included in the [[Xfce]] desktop with support for a colorized prompt and a tabbed interface.|http://docs.xfce.org/apps/terminal/start|{{Pkg|xfce4-terminal}}}}<br />
* {{App|Termit|Simple terminal emulator based on the vte library that includes tabs, bookmarks, and the ability to switch encodings.|https://wiki.github.com/nonstop/termit/|{{AUR|termit}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|termit}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Termite]]|A keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.|https://github.com/thestinger/termite|{{Pkg|termite}}}}<br />
* {{App|tinyterm|Very lightweight terminal emulator based on VTE.|https://github.com/lahwaacz/tinyterm|{{AUR|tinyterm-git}}}}<br />
<br />
==== KMS-based ====<br />
<br />
The following terminal emulators are based on the [[kernel mode setting]] that could be invoked without X.<br />
* {{App|[[KMSCON]]|A KMS/DRM-based system console(getty) with an integrated terminal emulator for Linux operating systems.|https://github.com/dvdhrm/kmscon|{{Pkg|kmscon}}}}<br />
<br />
==== framebuffer-based ====<br />
<br />
In GNU/Linux world, the [[Wikipedia:Framebuffer|framebuffer]] could be refered to a virtual device in the Linux kernel ('''fbdev''') or the virtual framebuffer system for X ('''xvfb'''). This section mainly lists the terminal emulators that based on the in-kernel virtual device, i.e. '''fbdev'''.<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[fbterm]]|A fast framebuffer-based terminal emulator with many amazing features. Development stopped.|http://code.google.com/p/fbterm/|{{Pkg|fbterm}}}}<br />
* {{App|yaft|A simple terminal emulator for living without X, with UCS2 glyphs, wallpaper and 256color support.|https://github.com/uobikiemukot/yaft|{{aur|yaft}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Files ===<br />
<br />
==== File managers ====<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file managers]].<br />
<br />
===== Console =====<br />
<br />
* {{App|Clex|File manager with full-screen user interface|http://www.clex.sk/|{{Aur|clex}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Dired|Dired]]|Directory editor integrated with [[Emacs]].|http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html|{{pkg|emacs}}}}<br />
* {{app|dired|Ancient DIRectory EDitor since 1980.|http://fossies.org/linux/misc/old/|{{aur|dired}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Midnight Commander]]|Console-based, dual-paneled file manager.|http://www.midnight-commander.org|{{Pkg|mc}}}}<br />
* {{App|nffm|"Nothing Fancy File Manager", a mouseless ncurses file manager written in C.|https://github.com/mariostg/nffm|{{AUR|nffm-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pilot|File manager that comes with the [[Alpine]] email client.|http://re-alpine.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|re-alpine}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|re-alpine}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Ranger]]|Console-based file manager with vi bindings, customizability, and lots of features.|http://nongnu.org/ranger|{{Pkg|ranger}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Vifm]]|Ncurses-based two-panel file manager with vi-like keybindings.|http://vifm.info|{{Pkg|vifm}}}}<br />
<br />
===== Graphical =====<br />
<br />
* {{App|Andromeda|Qt-based cross-platform file manager.|https://github.com/ABBAPOH/Andromeda/|{{AUR|andromeda}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|andromeda}}}} }}<br />
* {{App|Caja|The file manager for the MATE desktop.|https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja|{{Pkg|caja}}}}<br />
* {{App|Dino|Easy to use and powerful file manager built in Qt.|http://dfm.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|dino-dfm}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|dino-dfm}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Dolphin]]|File manager included in the KDE4 desktop.|http://dolphin.kde.org/|{{Pkg|kdebase-dolphin}}{{Broken package link|replaced by {{Pkg|dolphin}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Double Commander|File manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.|http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net//|{{Pkg|doublecmd-gtk2}} {{Pkg|doublecmd-qt}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:emelFM2|emelFM2]]|File manager that implements the popular two-panel design.|http://emelfm2.net/|{{Pkg|emelfm2}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gentoo|A lightweight file manager for GTK.|http://www.obsession.se/gentoo/|{{AUR|gentoo}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GNOME Commander|GNOME Commander]]|A dual-paned file manager for the GNOME Desktop.|http://gcmd.github.io/|{{Pkg|gnome-commander}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[GNOME Files]]|Extensible, heavyweight file manager used by default in GNOME with support for custom scripts.|https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Nautilus|{{Pkg|nautilus}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Konqueror|Konqueror]]|File manager and web browser for the KDE desktop.|http://www.konqueror.org/|{{Pkg|kdebase-konqueror}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Krusader|Krusader]]|Advanced twin panel (Midnight Commander style) file manager for the KDE desktop.|http://www.krusader.org/|{{Pkg|krusader}}}}<br />
* {{App|muCommander|A lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface written in Java.|http://www.mucommander.com/|{{AUR|mucommander}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|mucommander}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Nemo]]|Nemo is the file manager of the Cinnamon desktop. A good alternative to Nautilus.|http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/|{{Pkg|nemo}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Fox_toolkit|PathFinder]]|File browser that comes with the FOX toolkit.|http://fox-toolkit.org/|{{Pkg|fox}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[PCManFM]]|Lightweight file manager which features tabbed and dual pane browsing; also it can optionally manage the desktop icons and background.|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM|{{Pkg|pcmanfm}}}}<br />
* {{App|QtFileMan|File manager similar to PCManFM from LXDE.|http://gitorious.org/qtfileman|{{AUR|qtfileman-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qtfileman-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|qtFM|Small, lightweight filemanager for Linux desktops based on pure Qt.|http://www.qtfm.org/|{{Pkg|qtfm}}}}<br />
* {{App|ROX|Small and fast file manager which can optionally manage the desktop background and panels.|http://rox.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|rox}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[SpaceFM]]|GTK+ multi-panel tabbed file manager.|http://ignorantguru.github.com/spacefm/|{{Pkg|spacefm}}}}<br />
* {{App|Sunflower|Small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plugins.|http://sunflower-fm.org/|{{AUR|sunflower}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Thunar]]|File manager that can be run as a daemon with excellent start up and directory load times.|http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start|{{Pkg|thunar}}}}<br />
* {{App|Tux Commander|Windowed file manager with two panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.|http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/description.php|{{Pkg|tuxcmd}}}}<br />
* {{App|Worker|Fast, lightweight and feature-rich file manager for the X Window System.|http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/|{{AUR|worker}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Xfe|Xfe]]|Microsoft Explorer-like file manager for X (X File Explorer).|http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/|{{Pkg|xfe}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Desktop search engines ====<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:List of search engines#Desktop search engines]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|Baloo|KDE's file indexing and search solution|https://community.kde.org/Baloo|{{Pkg|baloo}}}}<br />
* {{App|Catfish|Versatile file searching tool|https://launchpad.net/catfish-search|{{Pkg|catfish}}}}<br />
* {{App|Docfetcher|A java open source desktop search application|http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|docfetcher}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gnome Search Tool|Default Gnome utility to search for files|http://gnome.org|{{Pkg|gnome-search-tool}}}}<br />
* {{App|Gnome Search Tool No Nautilus|''gnome-search-tool'' to search for files without [[GNOME Files]] or ''gnome-desktop''||{{AUR|gnome-search-tool-no-nautilus}}}}<br />
* {{App|Pinot|Personal search and metasearch tool|http://code.google.com/p/pinot-search/|{{Pkg|pinot}}}}<br />
* {{App|Recoll|Full text search tool based on Xapian backend|http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/|{{Pkg|recoll}}}}<br />
* {{App|Searchmonkey|A powerful GUI search utility for matching regex patterns|http://searchmonkey.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|searchmonkey}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|searchmonkey}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Strigi|Strigi]]|Fast crawling desktop search engine with a Qt GUI.|http://strigi.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|strigi}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:MetaTracker (software)|Tracker]]|All-in-one indexer, search tool and metadata database.|http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html|{{Pkg|tracker}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Archiving and compression tools ====<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file archivers]].<br />
<br />
===== Console =====<br />
<br />
* {{App|atool|Script for managing file archives of various types.|http://www.nongnu.org/atool/|{{Pkg|atool}}}}<br />
* {{App|arj|An archiver that formerly used on DOS/Windows in mid-1990s. This is an open source clone.|http://arj.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|arj}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:cpio|cpio]]|GNU tool supporting cpio and tar file archive formats.|http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio|{{Pkg|cpio}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Dar (disk archiver)|dar]]|An archiving and compression utility avoiding the drawbacks of tar|[http://dar.linux.free.fr/ DAR - Disk ARchive]|{{AUR|dar}}}}<br />
* {{App|lha|Archiver to create LH-7 format archives. 32-bit only (require multilib on x86_64).|http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix|{{aur|lha}}}}<br />
* {{App|lrzip|Multi-threaded compressor using the rzip/lzma, lzo, and zpaq algorithms.|http://lrzip.kolivas.org/|{{pkg|lrzip}}}}<br />
* {{App|lz4|A file compressor using lz4 - An extremely fast compression algorithm.|https://code.google.com/p/lz4/|{{pkg|lz4}}}}<br />
* {{App|lzop|Fast file compressor using lzo lib.|http://www.lzop.org/|{{pkg|lzop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[p7zip]]|Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The commandline tool is called '''7z'''.|http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|p7zip}}}}<br />
* {{App|pixz|A multi-threaded and indexed compressor that avoiding the drawbacks of xz.|https://github.com/vasi/pixz|{{pkg|pixz}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[tar]]|GNU utility for manipulating the ubiquitous tar archives (tarballs).|http://www.gnu.org/software/tar|{{Pkg|tar}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:ZPAQ|zpaq]]|A high compression ratio archiver written in C++. Powered by Context-Model, LZ77 and BWT algorithm.|http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html|{{aur|zpaq}}}}<br />
* {{App|zopfli|High compress ratio file compressor from Google, using a deflate-compatible algorithm called zopfli.|https://code.google.com/p/zopfli|{{aur|zopfli-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|zoo|Rarely used archiver that was mostly used in VMS world before PKZIP became popular.|http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/ftp.uu.net/comp.sources.unix/volume11/zoo/|{{aur|zoo}}}}<br />
<br />
===== Graphical =====<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Ark (software)|Ark]]|Archiving tool included in the KDE desktop.|http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/|{{Pkg|kdeutils-ark}}{{Broken package link|replaced by {{Pkg|ark}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|Engrampa|Archive manager for [[MATE]]|https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa|{{Pkg|engrampa}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:File Roller|File Roller]]|Archive manager included in the GNOME desktop.|http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|file-roller}}}}<br />
* {{App|FreeArc|General-purpose archiver written in haskell, comes with a GTK2 gui. Currently only available on 32-bit platform. (Requires multilib on x86_64)|http://encode.ru/threads/43-FreeArc/|{{aur|freearc}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|freearc}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[p7zip]]|Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The GUI requires {{Pkg|wxgtk}} and is called '''7zFM'''.|http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|p7zip}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:PeaZip|PeaZip]]|Open source file and archive manager.|http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html|{{AUR|peazip-gtk2}} {{AUR|peazip-qt}}}}<br />
* {{App|Squeeze|Featherweight front-end for commandline archiving tools.|http://squeeze.xfce.org/|{{AUR|squeeze-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|Xarchive|Generic GTK2 front-end that uses external wrappers around commandline archiving tools.|http://xarchive.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|xarchive}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|xarchive}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Xarchiver|Xarchiver]]|Lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with GTK+.|http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|xarchiver}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Comparison, diff, merge ====<br />
<br />
{{Merge|Pacnew and Pacsave files#Managing .pacnew files|There's only a list of tools, and it must be in [[List of applications]]}}<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Comparison of file comparison tools]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|colordiff|A Perl script wrapper for 'diff' that produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting.|http://www.colordiff.org/|{{Pkg|colordiff}}}}<br />
* {{App|Diffuse|Small and simple text merge tool written in Python.|http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|diffuse}}}}<br />
* {{App|KDiff3|File and directory diff and merge tool for the KDE desktop.|http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|kdiff3}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Kompare|Kompare]]|GUI front-end program for viewing and merging differences between source files. It supports a variety of diff formats and provides many options to customize the information level displayed.|http://www.caffeinated.me.uk/kompare/|{{Pkg|kompare}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Meld (software)|Meld]]|Visual diff and merge tool that can compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.|http://meld.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|meld}}}}<br />
* {{App|xxdiff|A graphical browser for file and directory differences.|http://furius.ca/xxdiff/|{{AUR|xxdiff}}}}<br />
<br />
[[Vim]] and [[Emacs]] provide merge functionality with [[Vim#Merging_files_.28vimdiff.29|vimdiff]] and {{ic|ediff}}.<br />
<br />
==== Batch renamers ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GPRename|GPRename]]|GTK+ batch renamer for files and directories.|http://gprename.sourceforge.net|{{Pkg|gprename}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KRename|KRename]]|Very powerful batch file renamer for the KDE desktop.|http://www.krename.net|{{Pkg|krename}}}}<br />
* {{App|metamorphose2|wxPython based batch renamer with support for regular expressions, renaming multimedia files according to their metadata, etc.|http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|metamorphose2}}}}<br />
* {{App|pyRenamer|Application for the mass renaming of files.|http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/|{{AUR|pyrenamer}}}}<br />
* {{App|rename.pl|Batch renamer based on perl regex.|http://search.cpan.org/~pederst/rename/bin/rename.PL|{{Pkg|perl-rename}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Disk cleaning ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:BleachBit|BleachBit]]|It frees disk space and guards your privacy; frees cache, deletes cookies, clears Internet history, shreds temporary files, deletes logs, and discards junk you didn't know was there.|http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|bleachbit}}}}<br />
* {{App|gconf-cleaner|cleans up the unknown/invalid gconf keys that still sitting down on your gconf database|https://code.google.com/p/gconf-cleaner/|{{AUR|gconf-cleaner}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gconf-cleaner}}}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Disk usage display ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Disk Usage Analyzer|Disk Usage Analyzer]] (Baobab)|Disk usage analyzer for the [[GNOME]] desktop.|http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab|{{Pkg|baobab}} {{aur|baobab36}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|baobab36}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Filelight|Filelight]]|Disk usage analyzer that creates an interactive map of concentric, segmented rings that help visualise disk usage on your computer.|http://methylblue.com/filelight/|{{Pkg|filelight}}}}<br />
* {{App|GdMap|Disk usage analyzer that draws a map of rectangles sized according to file or dir sizes.|http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|gdmap}}}}<br />
* {{App|gt5|Diff-capable "du-browser".|http://gt5.sourceforge.net|{{AUR|gt5}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|gt5}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|ncdu|Simple ncurses disk usage analyzer.|http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu|{{Pkg|ncdu}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Clock synchronization ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[NTPd]]|Network Time Protocol reference implementation.|http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome#The_NTP_Project|{{Pkg|ntp}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Chrony]]|Lightweight NTP client and server.|http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/|{{Pkg|chrony}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[OpenNTPD]]|Free, easy to use implementation of the Network Time Protocol.|http://www.openntpd.org/|{{Pkg|openntpd}}}}<br />
<br />
=== System monitoring ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|adesklet SystemMonitor|Collection of modular stackable system monitors for [[Wikipedia:Adesklets|adesklets]].|http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/desklets.html|{{AUR|adesklet-systemmonitor}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|adesklet-systemmonitor}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|candybar|WebKit-based status line for tiling window managers.|https://github.com/Lokaltog/candybar|{{AUR|candybar-git}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|candybar-git}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Conky]]|Lightweight, scriptable system monitor.|https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky|{{Pkg|conky}}}}<br />
* {{App|Collectd|A simple, extensible system monitoring daemon based on [http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ rrdtool]. It has a small footprint and can be set up either stand-alone or as a server/client application.|https://collectd.org/|{{Pkg|collectd}}}}<br />
* {{App|dstat|Versatile resource statistics tool.|http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/|{{Pkg|dstat}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:GKrellM|GKrellM]]|Simple, flexible system monitor package for [[GTK+]] with many plug-ins.|http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html|{{Pkg|gkrellm}}}}<br />
* {{App|gnome-system-monitor|A system monitor for [[GNOME]].|https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-system-monitor/|{{Pkg|gnome-system-monitor}} {{aur|gnome-system-monitor-gtk2}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:Htop|htop]]|Simple, ncurses interactive process viewer.|http://htop.sourceforge.net/|{{Pkg|htop}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:KDE System Guard|KSysGuard]]|Also known as KSysguard, is the [[KDE]] task manager and performance monitor.|http://userbase.kde.org/KSysGuard|{{Pkg|ksysguard}} or as part of {{Pkg|kdebase-workspace}}}}<br />
* {{App|linux process explorer|Graphical process explorer for Linux.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/procexp/|{{AUR|procexp}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|procexp}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|LXTask|Lightweight task manager for [[LXDE]].|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTask|{{Pkg|lxtask}}}}<br />
* {{app|mate-system-monitor|A GTK2 system monitor for [[MATE]].|https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-system-monitor|{{pkg|mate-system-monitor}}}}<br />
* {{app|Task Manager|GTK2 process mangement application for [[Xfce]].|http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-taskmanager|{{pkg|xfce4-taskmanager}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Paramano]]|A light battery monitor and a CPU frequency scaler. Forked from trayfreq|http://batchbin.ueuo.com/projects/trayfreq-archlinux/|{{AUR|paramano}}}}<br />
<br />
=== System information viewers ===<br />
<br />
==== Console ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|alsi|A system information tool for Arch Linux. It can be configured for every other system without even touching the source code of the script.|http://trizenx.blogspot.ro/2012/08/alsi.html|{{AUR|alsi}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey|Simple python script that displays the arch logo and some basic information. Depends on python3.|https://github.com/djmelik/archey|{{AUR|archey}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey2|Simple python script that displays the arch logo and some basic information. Python 2.x version.|https://github.com/djmelik/archey|{{AUR|archey2}}}}<br />
* {{App|archey3-git|Python script to display system infomation alongside the Arch Linux logo.|http://www.generictestdomain.net/archey3/|{{AUR|archey3-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|dmidecode|It reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.|http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/|{{Pkg|dmidecode}}}}|<br />
* {{App|hwdetect|Simple script to list modules that are exported by /sys, a part of [[archboot]].|https://projects.archlinux.org/|{{pkg|hwdetect}}}}<br />
* {{App|hwinfo|Powerful hardware detection tool come from openSUSE.|https://github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo|{{pkg|hwinfo}}}}<br />
* {{App|inxi|A script to get system information.|https://code.google.com/p/inxi|{{pkg|inxi}}}}<br />
* {{App|screenfetch|Similar to archey but has an option to take a screenshot. Written in bash.|https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch|{{Pkg|screenfetch}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Graphical ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|CPU-G|An application that shows useful information about your hardware, it looks like CPU-Z in Windows.|http://cpug.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|cpu-g}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|cpu-g}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|hardinfo|A small application that displays information about your hardware and operating system, it looks like the Device Manager in Windows.|http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage|{{Pkg|hardinfo}}}}<br />
* {{App|i-Nex|An application that gathers information for hardware components available on your system and displays it using an user interface similar to the popular Windows tool CPU-Z.|http://i-nex.linux.pl/|{{AUR|i-nex-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|lshw-gtk|A small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine with CLI and GTK interfaces.|http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter|{{AUR|lshw-gtk}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|lshw-gtk}}}}}}<br />
<br />
==== Others ====<br />
<br />
* {{App|tp-hdd-led|Monitor HDD use with the Think-Led|http://en.timherbst.de/tp-hdd-led/|{{AUR|tp-hdd-led}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|tp-hdd-led}}}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Keyboard layout switchers ===<br />
<br />
* {{App|fbxkb|A NETWM compliant keyboard indicator and switcher. It shows a flag of current keyboard in a systray area and allows you to switch to another one.|http://fbxkb.sourceforge.net/|{{AUR|fbxkb}}}}<br />
* {{App|xxkb|A lightweight keyboard layout indicator and switcher.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/xxkb/|{{Pkg|xxkb}}}}<br />
* {{App|qxkb|A keyboard switcher written in Qt.|http://code.google.com/p/qxkb/|{{AUR|qxkb}}{{Broken package link|{{aur-mirror|qxkb}}}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Wikipedia:X Neural Switcher|X Neural Switcher]]|A text analyser, it detects the language of the input and corrects the keyboard layout if needed.|http://www.xneur.ru/|{{AUR|xneur}}, {{AUR|gxneur}} (GUI)}}<br />
<br />
=== Power management ===<br />
<br />
See [[Power saving#Packages]].<br />
<br />
=== Clipboard managers ===<br />
<br />
See: [[Clipboard#List of clipboard managers|List of clipboard managers]].<br />
<br />
=== Wallpaper setters ===<br />
* {{App|bgs|An extremely fast and small background setter for X based on imlib2.|http://github.com/Gottox/bgs/|{{AUR|bgs-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|esetroot|Eterm's root background setter, packaged separately|http://www.eterm.org/|{{AUR|esetroot}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Feh]]|A lightweight and powerful image viewer that can also be used to manage the desktop wallpaper.|http://linuxbrit.co.uk/software/feh/|{{Pkg|feh}}}}<br />
* {{App|habak|A background changing app|http://fvwm-crystal.org/|{{Pkg|habak}}}}<br />
* {{App|hsetroot|A tool to create compose wallpapers.|https://packages.debian.org/sid/hsetroot|{{AUR|hsetroot}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Nitrogen]]|A fast and lightweight desktop background browser and setter for X windows.|http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/|{{Pkg|nitrogen}}}}<br />
* {{App|pybgsetter|Multi-backend (hsetroot, Esetroot, habak, feh) to set desktop wallpaper|<nowiki>http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=88997</nowiki>|{{AUR|pybgsetter}}}}<br />
* {{App|wallpaperd|A small application that takes care of setting the background image|https://projects.pekdon.net/projects/wallpaperd|{{AUR|wallpaperd}}}}<br />
* {{App|xli|An image display program for X|https://packages.debian.org/sid/xli|{{AUR|xli}}}}<br />
<br />
{{Tip|In order to avoid installing one more package, you may find convenient to use the {{ic|display}} utility from {{Pkg|imagemagick}} or {{ic|gm display}} from {{Pkg|graphicsmagick}}. E.g.: {{ic|display -backdrop -background '#3f3f3f' -flatten -window root ''image''}}.}}<br />
<br />
=== Package management ===<br />
<br />
See also: [[AUR helpers]] and [[Pacman GUI Frontends]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|Lostfiles|Script for detecting orphaned files.|https://github.com/graysky2/lostfiles|{{AUR|lostfiles}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Pacmatic]]|Pacman wrapper to check Arch News before upgrading, avoid partial upgrades, and warn about configuration file changes.|http://kmkeen.com/pacmatic|{{Pkg|pacmatic}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[pkgfile]]|Tool that finds what package owns a file.|http://github.com/falconindy/pkgfile|{{Pkg|pkgfile}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[pkgtools]]|Collection of scripts for Arch Linux packages.|https://github.com/Daenyth/pkgtools|{{AUR|pkgtools}}}}<br />
* {{App|srcpac|Simple tool that automates rebuilding packages from source.|https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git|{{Pkg|srcpac}}}}<br />
<br />
=== Input method editor ===<br />
<br />
{{Merge|Internationalization#Input_methods_in_Xorg|Then just link there.}}<br />
<br />
See also [[Wikipedia:Input method]].<br />
<br />
* {{App|[[Fcitx]]|Flexible Context-aware Input Tool with eXtension.|http://fcitx-im.org|{{Pkg|fcitx}}}}<br />
* {{App|Hime|A GTK2+/GTK3+ based universal input method platform.|http://hime-ime.github.io/|{{AUR|hime-git}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[IBus]]|Next Generation Input Bus for Linux.|http://ibus.googlecode.com|{{Pkg|ibus}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[Rime IME]]|Rime input method engine.|http://code.google.com/p/rimeime/|{{Pkg|ibus-rime}} or {{Pkg|fcitx-rime}}}}<br />
* {{App|[[UIM]]|Multilingual input method library.|http://code.google.com/p/uim/|{{Pkg|uim}}}}</div>Bobihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture&diff=241792Advanced Linux Sound Architecture2012-12-26T13:54:25Z<p>Bobi: /* No Microphone Input */</p>
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The [[Wikipedia:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture]] ('''ALSA''') is a Linux kernel component which replaced the original Open Sound System (OSSv3) for providing device drivers for sound cards. Besides the sound device drivers, '''ALSA''' also bundles a user space library for application developers who want to use driver features with a higher level API than direct interaction with the kernel drivers.<br />
<br />
{{Note|For an alternative sound environment, see the [[Open Sound System]] page.}}<br />
<br />
{{Article summary start}}<br />
{{Article summary text|Using, configuring and troubleshooting ALSA.}}<br />
{{Article summary heading|Related}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|Sound}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|Disable PC Speaker Beep}}<br />
{{Article summary end}}<br />
<br />
==Installation==<br />
ALSA is included in the default Arch kernel as a set of modules, so installing it is not necessary.<br />
<br />
[[udev]] will automatically probe your hardware at boot, loading the corresponding kernel module for your audio card. Therefore, your sound should already be working, but upstream sources mute all channels by default.<br />
<br />
Users with a local login (at a virtual terminal or a display manager) have permission to play audio and change mixer levels. To allow this for a remote login, the user has to be [[Users and Groups#Group management|added]] to the {{ic|audio}} group. Membership in the {{ic|audio}} group also allows direct access to devices, which can lead to applications grabbing exclusive output (breaking software mixing) and breaks fast-user-switching, and multiseat.<br />
<br />
===User-space utilities===<br />
From [[Official Repositories|official repositories]]:<br />
* [[pacman|Install]] the {{Pkg|alsa-utils}} package which contains the {{ic|alsamixer}} user-space tool, which allows for configuration of the sound device from the console or terminal.<br />
* Install the {{Pkg|alsa-oss}} package if you want OSS applications to work with dmix (software mixing).<br />
{{Note|1=Since [[udev]] >= 171, the OSS emulation modules ({{ic|snd_seq_oss}}, {{ic|snd_pcm_oss}}, {{ic|snd_mixer_oss}}) are not automatically loaded by default.}}<br />
*Install the {{Pkg|alsa-plugins}} package if you want [[#High quality resampling|high quality resampling]], [[#Upmixing/Downmixing|upmixing/downmixing]] and other advanced features.<br />
<br />
==Unmuting the channels==<br />
The current version of ALSA installs with all channels '''muted by default'''. You will need to unmute the channels manually.<br />
<br />
It is easiest to use {{ic|alsamixer}} ncurses UI to accomplish this:<br />
<br />
$ alsamixer<br />
<br />
Alternatively, use {{ic|amixer}} from the command-line:<br />
<br />
$ amixer sset Master unmute<br />
<br />
The label {{ic|MM}} below a channel indicates that the channel is muted, and {{ic|00}} indicates that it is open.<br />
<br />
Scroll to the {{ic|Master}} and {{ic|PCM}} channels with the {{keypress|←}} and {{keypress|→}} keys and unmute them by pressing the {{keypress|m}} key. Use the {{keypress|↑}} key to increase the volume and obtain a value of {{ic|0}} dB gain. The gain can be found in the upper left next to the {{ic|Item:}} field. Higher values of gain will produce distorted sound.<br />
<br />
To get full 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound you likely need to unmute other channels such as Front, Surround, Center, LFE (subwoofer) and Side (these are the names of the channels with Intel HD Audio, they may vary with different hardware). Please take note that this will not automatically upmix stereo sources (like most music). In order to accomplish that, see [[#Upmixing/Downmixing]].<br />
<br />
Leave alsamixer by pressing {{Keypress|Esc}}.<br />
<br />
{{Note|<br />
* Some cards need to have digital output muted/turned off in order to hear analog sound. For the Soundblaster Audigy LS mute the IEC958 channel.<br />
* Some machines, (like the Thinkpad T61), have a Speaker channel which must be unmuted and adjusted as well.<br />
* Some machines, (like Dell E6400) may also require the {{ic|Front}} and {{ic|Headphone}} channels to be unmuted and adjusted.}}<br />
<br />
Next, test to see if sound works:<br />
<br />
$ speaker-test -c 2<br />
<br />
Change -c to fit your speaker setup. Use -c 8 for 7.1, for instance:<br />
<br />
$ speaker-test -c 8<br />
<br />
If it does not work, proceed to [[#Configuration]] and then [[#Troubleshooting]] to solve your issues.<br />
<br />
The {{pkg|alsa-utils}} package includes {{ic|alsa-restore.service}} and {{ic|alsa-store.service}}, which are preconfigured to run at boot and shutdown respectively.<br />
<br />
==Configuration==<br />
===No sound in virtualbox===<br />
If you experience problems with virtualbox, the following command might be helpful:<br />
<br />
{{hc|$ alsactl init|2=<nowiki><br />
<br />
Found hardware: "ICH" "SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84" "AC97a:83847600" "0x8086" "0x0000"<br />
Hardware is initialized using a generic method<br />
</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
<br />
You might need to activate the ALSA output in your audio software as well.<br />
<br />
===Set the default sound card===<br />
<br />
If your sound card order changes on boot, you can specify their order in any file ending with {{ic|.conf}} in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d}} ({{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf}} is suggested).<br />
For example, if you want your mia sound card to be #0:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf|2=<nowiki><br />
options snd slots=snd_mia,snd_hda_intel<br />
options snd_mia index=0<br />
options snd_hda_intel index=1<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
snd_mia and snd_hda_intel are the modules used by the respective cards. This configuration assumes you have one mia sound card and one card using snd_hda_intel (e.g. onboard).<br />
<br />
You can also provide an index of -2 to instruct ALSA to never use a card as the primary one. Distributions such as Linux Mint and Ubuntu use the following settings to avoid USB and other "abnormal" drivers from getting index 0:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf|2=<nowiki><br />
options bt87x index=-2<br />
options cx88_alsa index=-2<br />
options saa7134-alsa index=-2<br />
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2<br />
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2<br />
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2<br />
options snd-usb-audio index=-2<br />
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2<br />
options snd-usb-ua101 index=-2<br />
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2<br />
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2<br />
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard<br />
options snd-pcsp index=-2<br />
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard<br />
options snd-usb-audio index=-2<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
These changes require a system reboot.<br />
<br />
{{Out of date|{{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} does not exist on a default setup, and these instructions may not work.}}<br />
<br />
First you will have to find out the card and device id that you want to set as the default by running {{ic|aplay -l}}:<br />
<br />
{{hc|$ aplay -l|2=<nowiki><br />
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****<br />
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
card 1: JamLab [JamLab], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
card 2: Audio [Altec Lansing XT1 - USB Audio], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
For example, the last entry in this list has the card ID 2 and the device ID 0. To set this card as the default, you can either use the system-wide file {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} or the user-specific file {{ic|~/.asoundrc}}. You may have to create the file if it does not exist. Then insert the following options with the corresponding card and device id.<br />
{{hc|~/.asoundrc|2=<nowiki><br />
defaults.pcm.card 2<br />
defaults.pcm.device 0<br />
defaults.ctl.card 2<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
The 'pcm' options affect which card and device will be used for audio playback while the 'ctl' option affects which card is used by control utilities like alsamixer .<br />
<br />
The changes should take effect as soon as you (re-)start an application (mplayer etc.).<br />
<br />
===Making sure the sound modules are loaded===<br />
You can assume that udev will autodetect your sound properly. You can check this with the command<br />
<br />
{{hc|<nowiki>$ lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t</nowiki>|<nowiki><br />
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 22378 4<br />
snd_hda_codec_realtek 294191 1<br />
snd_hda_intel 21738 1<br />
snd_hda_codec 73739 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel<br />
snd_hwdep 6134 1 snd_hda_codec<br />
snd_pcm 71032 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec<br />
snd_timer 18992 1 snd_pcm<br />
snd 55132 9 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer<br />
snd_page_alloc 7017 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
If the output looks similar, your sound drivers have been successfully autodetected.<br />
{{Note|Since {{ic|udev>&#61;171}}, the OSS emulation modules ({{ic|snd_seq_oss, snd_pcm_oss, snd_mixer_oss}}) are not loaded by default: [[kernel modules#Loading|Load them manually]] if they are needed.}}<br />
<br />
You might also want to check the directory {{ic|/dev/snd/}} for the right device files:<br />
<br />
{{hc|$ ls -l /dev/snd|2=<nowiki><br />
total 0<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Apr 8 14:17 controlC0<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 32 Apr 8 14:17 controlC1<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 Apr 8 14:17 pcmC0D0c<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Apr 8 14:17 pcmC0D0p<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 25 Apr 8 14:17 pcmC0D1c<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 Apr 8 14:17 pcmC1D0c<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 Apr 8 14:17 pcmC1D0p<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Apr 8 14:17 seq<br />
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 8 14:17 timer<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
{{Note|If requesting help on IRC or the forums, please post the output of the above commands.}}<br />
<br />
If you have at least the devices '''controlC0''' and '''pcmC0D0p''' or similar, then your sound modules have been detected and loaded properly.<br />
<br />
If this is not the case, your sound modules have not been detected properly. To solve this, you can try loading the modules manually:<br />
<br />
* Locate the module for your sound card: [http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main ALSA Soundcard Matrix] The module will be prefixed with 'snd-' (for example: {{ic|snd-via82xx}}).<br />
* [[Kernel modules#Loading|Load the module]].<br />
* Check for the device files in {{ic|/dev/snd}} (see above) and/or try if {{ic|alsamixer}} or {{ic|amixer}} have reasonable output.<br />
* Configure {{ic|snd-NAME-OF-MODULE}} and {{ic|snd-pcm-oss}} to [[Kernel modules#Loading|load at boot]].<br />
<br />
===Getting SPDIF Output===<br />
(from gralves from the Gentoo forums)<br />
* In GNOME Volume Control, under the Options tab, change the IEC958 to PCM. This option can be enabled in the preferences.<br />
* If you do not have GNOME Volume Control installed,<br />
** Edit {{ic|/var/lib/alsa/asound.state}}. This file is where alsasound stores your mixer settings.<br />
** Find a line that says: 'IEC958 Playback Switch'. Near it you will find a line saying {{ic|value:false}}. Change it to {{ic|value:true}}.<br />
** Now find this line: 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA'. Change its value to 0.<br />
** Restart ALSA.<br />
<br />
Alternative way to enable SPDIF output automatically on login (tested on SoundBlaster Audigy):<br />
<br />
* add following lines to {{ic|/etc/rc.local}}:<br />
# Use COAX-digital output<br />
amixer set 'IEC958 Optical' 100 unmute<br />
amixer set 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack' on<br />
<br />
You can see the name of your card's digital output with:<br />
$ amixer scontrols<br />
<br />
===System-Wide Equalizer===<br />
====Using AlsaEqual (provides UI)====<br />
Install {{AUR|alsaequal}} from the [[AUR]].<br />
<br />
{{Note | If you have a x86_64-system and are using a 32bit-flashplugin the sound in flash will not work. Either you have to disable alsaequal or build alsaequal for 32bit.}}<br />
<br />
After installing the package, insert the following into your ALSA configuration file ({{ic|~/.asoundrc}} or {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}}):<br />
<br />
ctl.equal {<br />
type equal;<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.plugequal {<br />
type equal;<br />
# Modify the line below if you do not<br />
# want to use sound card 0.<br />
#slave.pcm "plughw:0,0";<br />
#by default we want to play from more sources at time:<br />
slave.pcm "plug:dmix";<br />
}<br />
#pcm.equal {<br />
# If you don't want the equalizer to be your<br />
# default soundcard comment the following<br />
# line and uncomment the above line. (You can<br />
# choose it as the output device by addressing<br />
# it with specific apps,eg mpg123 -a equal 06.Back_In_Black.mp3)<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug;<br />
slave.pcm plugequal;<br />
}<br />
<br />
And you are ready to change your equalizer using command<br />
$ alsamixer -D equal<br />
<br />
Note that configuration file is different for each user (until not specified else) it is saved in {{ic|~/.alsaequal.bin}}.<br />
so if you want to use AlsaEqual with [[mpd]] or another software running under different user, you can configure it using<br />
# su mpd -c 'alsamixer -D equal'<br />
or for example, you can make a symlink to your {{ic|.alsaequal.bin}} in his home...<br />
<br />
=====Managing AlsaEqual States=====<br />
Install [http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/alsaequal-mgr/ alsaequal-mgr] from [http://xyne.archlinux.ca/repos/ Xyne's repos] or the [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=62420 AUR].<br />
<br />
Configure the equalizer as usual with <br />
$alsamixer -D equal<br />
<br />
When you are satisfied with the state, you may give it a name ("foo" in this example) and save it:<br />
$alsaequal-mgr save foo<br />
<br />
The state "foo" can then be restored at a later time with<br />
$alsaequal-mgr load foo<br />
<br />
You can thus create different equalizer states for games, movies, music genres, VoIP apps, etc. and reload them as necessary.<br />
<br />
See the [http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/alsaequal-mgr/ project page] and the help message for more options.<br />
<br />
====Using mbeq====<br />
{{Note | This method requires the use of a ladspa plugin which might use quite a bit of CPU when sound plays. In addition, this was made with stereophonic sound (e.g. headphones) in mind.}}<br />
<br />
Install the {{Pkg|alsa-plugins}}, {{Pkg|ladspa}} and {{Pkg|swh-plugins}} packages if you do not already have them.<br />
<br />
* If you have not already created either an {{ic|~/.asoundrc}} or a {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} file, then create either one and insert the following:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/asound.conf|2=<nowiki>pcm.eq {<br />
type ladspa<br />
<br />
# The output from the EQ can either go direct to a hardware device<br />
# (if you have a hardware mixer, e.g. SBLive/Audigy) or it can go<br />
# to the software mixer shown here.<br />
#slave.pcm "plughw:0,0"<br />
slave.pcm "plug:dmix"<br />
<br />
# Sometimes you may need to specify the path to the plugins,<br />
# especially if you have just installed them. Once you have logged<br />
# out/restarted this should not be necessary, but if you get errors<br />
# about being unable to find plugins, try uncommenting this.<br />
#path "/usr/lib/ladspa"<br />
<br />
plugins [<br />
{<br />
label mbeq<br />
id 1197<br />
input {<br />
#this setting is here by example, edit to your own taste<br />
#bands: 50hz, 100hz, 156hz, 220hz, 311hz, 440hz, 622hz, 880hz, 1250hz, 1750hz, 25000hz,<br />
#50000hz, 10000hz, 20000hz<br />
controls [ -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -10 -20 -15 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -3 -2 ]<br />
}<br />
}<br />
]<br />
}<br />
<br />
# Redirect the default device to go via the EQ - you may want to do<br />
# this last, once you're sure everything is working. Otherwise all<br />
# your audio programs will break/crash if something has gone wrong.<br />
<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "eq"<br />
}<br />
<br />
# Redirect the OSS emulation through the EQ too (when programs are running through "aoss")<br />
<br />
pcm.dsp0 {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "eq"<br />
}<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
* You should be good to go (if not, ask in the forum).<br />
<br />
==High quality resampling==<br />
When software mixing is enabled, ALSA is forced to resample everything to the same frequency (48000 by default when supported). dmix uses a poor resampling algorithm which produces noticeable sound quality loss.<br />
<br />
Install {{pkg|alsa-plugins}} and {{pkg|libsamplerate}}.<br />
<br />
Change the default rate converter to libsamplerate:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/asound.conf|defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best"}}<br />
<br />
or<br />
<br />
{{hc|~/.asoundrc|defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best"}}<br />
<br />
'''samplerate_best''' offers the best sound quality, but you need a decent CPU to be able to use it as it requires a lot of CPU cycles for real-time resampling. There are other algorithms available ('''samplerate''', etc.) but they may not provide much of an improvement over the default resampler.<br />
<br />
{{Warning|On some systems, enabling samplerate_best may cause an issue where you get no sound from flashplayer.}}<br />
<br />
==Upmixing/Downmixing==<br />
===Upmixing===<br />
In order for stereo sources like music to be able to saturate a 5.1 or 7.1 sound system, you need to use upmixing. In darker days this used to be tricky and error prone but nowadays plugins exist to easily take care of this task. Thus, install {{Pkg|alsa-plugins}}.<br />
<br />
Then add the following to your ALSA configuration file of choice (either {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} or {{ic|~/.asoundrc}}):<br />
pcm.upmix71 {<br />
type upmix<br />
slave.pcm "surround71"<br />
delay 15<br />
channels 8<br />
}<br />
<br />
You can easily change this example for 7.1 upmixing to 5.1 or 4.0.<br />
<br />
This adds a new pcm that you can use for upmixing. If you want all sound sources to go through this pcm, add it as a default below the previous definition like so:<br />
<br />
pcm.!default "plug:upmix71"<br />
<br />
The plugin automatically allows multiple sources to play through it without problems so setting is as a default is actually a safe choice. <br />
If this is not working, you have to setup your own dmixer for the upmixing PCM like this: <br />
pcm.dmix6 {<br />
type asym<br />
playback.pcm {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 567829<br />
slave {<br />
pcm "hw:0,0"<br />
channels 6<br />
}<br />
}<br />
}<br />
<br />
and use "dmix6" instead of "surround71". <br />
If you experience skipping or distorted sound, consider increasing the buffer_size (to 32768, for example) or use a [[#High quality resampling|high quality resampler]].<br />
<br />
===Downmixing===<br />
If you want to downmix sources to stereo because you, for instance, want to watch a movie with 5.1 sound on a stereo system, you need to use the vdownmix plugin that alsa provides in the same package.<br />
<br />
Again, in your configuration file, add this:<br />
<br />
pcm.!surround51 {<br />
type vdownmix<br />
slave.pcm "default"<br />
}<br />
pcm.!surround40 {<br />
type vdownmix<br />
slave.pcm "default"<br />
}<br />
<br />
==Mixing==<br />
===Software mixing (dmix)===<br />
<br />
{{Note|For ALSA 1.0.9rc2 and higher on analog sound outputs you do not need to setup dmix. Dmix is enabled as default for soundcards which do not support hardware mixing.}}<br />
<br />
If that does not work however, it is a matter of simply creating a .asoundrc file in your home folder with the following contents.<br />
<br />
pcm.dsp {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmix"<br />
}<br />
<br />
This should enable software mixing and allows more than one application to make use of the soundcard. <br />
<br />
For a digital sound output such as S/PDIF, the ALSA package still does not enable dmix by default. Thus, the dmix configuration above can be used to enable dmix for S/PDIF devices.<br />
<br />
See [[#Troubleshooting]] for common problems and solutions.<br />
<br />
===Hardware mixing===<br />
====Support====<br />
If you have an audio chipset that supports mixing in hardware, then no configuration is necessary. Almost every onboard audio chipset does not support hardware mixing, and requires mixing to be done in software (see above). Many sound cards do support hardware mixing, and the ones best supported on Linux are listed below:<br />
<br />
* Creative SoundBlaster Live! (5.1 model)<br />
* Creative SoundBlaster Audigy (some models)<br />
* Creative SoundBlaster Audidy 2 (ZS models)<br />
* Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 4 (Pro models)<br />
<br />
{{Note|The low end variants of above cards, (Audigy SE, Audigy 2 NX, SoundBlaster Live! 24bit and SoundBlaster Live! 7.1) '''do not''' support hardware mixing as they use other chips.}}<br />
<br />
{{Note|The onboard VIA8237 chip supports 4-stream hardware mixing, however, it does only 3 for some motherboards (the 4th makes no sound) or is just broken. Even if it works, the quality is not good compared to other solutions.}}<br />
<br />
====Fixes====<br />
If you are using 64-bit Arch and the Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02), you can get sound working for Enemy Territory with the following:<br />
echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss<br />
echo "et.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss<br />
<br />
==Troubleshooting==<br />
===Sound Skipping While Using Dynamic Frequency Scaling===<br />
Some combinations of ALSA drivers and chipsets may cause audio from all sources to skip when used in combination with a dynamic frequency scaling governor such as {{ic|ondemand}} or {{ic|conservative}}. Currently, the solution is to switch back to the {{ic|performance}} governor.<br />
<br />
Refer to the [[CPU Frequency Scaling]] for more information.<br />
<br />
===Problems with Availability to Only One User at a Time===<br />
You might find that only one user can use the dmixer at a time. This is probably ok for most, but for those who run [[mpd]] as a separate user this poses a problem. When mpd is playing a normal user cannot play sounds though the dmixer. While it's quite possible to just run mpd under a user's login account, another solution has been found. Adding the line {{ic|ipc_key_add_uid 0}} to the {{ic|pcm.dmixer}} block disables this locking. The following is a snippet of the {{ic|asound.conf}}, the rest is the same as above.<br />
...<br />
pcm.dmixer {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 1024<br />
ipc_key_add_uid 0<br />
ipc_perm 0660<br />
slave {<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
===Simultaneous Playback Issues===<br />
<br />
<br />
If you are having simultaneous playback issues, and if [[PulseAudio]] is installed (i.e. by [[GNOME]]), its default configuration is set to "hijack" the soundcard. Some users of ALSA may not want to use [[PulseAudio]] and are quite content with their current ALSA settings. One fix is to edit {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} and comment out the following lines:<br />
# Use PulseAudio by default<br />
#pcm.!default {<br />
# type pulse<br />
# fallback "sysdefault"<br />
# hint {<br />
# show on<br />
# description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"<br />
# }<br />
#}<br />
<br />
Commenting the following out also may help:<br />
#ctl.!default {<br />
# type pulse<br />
# fallback "sysdefault"<br />
#}<br />
<br />
This may be a much simpler solution than completely uninstalling [[PulseAudio]].<br />
<br />
Effectively, here is an example of a working {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}}:<br />
{{bc|<nowiki>pcm.dmixer {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 1024<br />
ipc_key_add_uid 0<br />
ipc_perm 0660<br />
}<br />
pcm.dsp {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmix"<br />
}</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{note|This {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}} file was intended for and used successfully with a global [[MPD]] configuration. See [[Alsa#Problems_with_Availability_to_Only_One_User_at_a_Time|this section]] on multiple users}}<br />
<br />
===Random Lack of Sound on Startup===<br />
If you randomly have no sound on startup, it may be because your system has multiple sound cards, and their order may sometimes change on startup. If this is the case, try [[#Set the default sound card|setting the default sound card]].<br />
<br />
If you use mpd and the configuration tips above do not work for you, try [http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Configuration#ALSA_MPD_software_volume_control reading this] instead.<br />
<br />
===Specific Program Problems===<br />
For other programs who insist on their own audio setup, eg, XMMS or Mplayer, you would need to set their specific options.<br />
<br />
For mplayer, open up {{ic|~/.mplayer/config}} (or {{ic|/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf}} for global setting) and add the following line:<br />
ao=alsa<br />
<br />
For XMMS/Beep Media Player, go into their options and make sure the sound driver is set to Alsa, not oss.<br />
<br />
To do this in XMMS:<br />
* Open XMMS<br />
** Options -> preferences.<br />
** Choose the Alsa output plugin.<br />
<br />
For applications which do not provide a ALSA output, you can use aoss from the alsa-oss package. To use aoss, when you run the program, prefix it with {{ic|aoss}}, eg:<br />
aoss realplay<br />
<br />
pcm.!default{ ... } doesnt work for me anymore. but this does:<br />
pcm.default pcm.dmixer<br />
<br />
===Model Settings===<br />
Although Alsa detects your soundcard through the BIOS at times Alsa may not be able to recognize your [http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt model type]. The soundcard chip can be found in {{ic|alsamixer}} (e.g. ALC662) and the model can be set in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}} or {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf}}. For example:<br />
<br />
options snd-hda-intel model=MODEL<br />
<br />
There are other model settings too. For most cases Alsa defaults will do. If you want to look at more specific settings for your soundcard take a look at the [http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main Alsa Soundcard List] find your model, then Details, then look at the "Setting up modprobe..." section. Enter these values in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}. For example, for an Intel AC97 audio:<br />
<br />
{{bc|# ALSA portion<br />
alias char-major-116 snd<br />
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0<br />
# module options should go here<br />
<br />
# OSS/Free portion<br />
alias char-major-14 soundcore<br />
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0<br />
<br />
# card #1<br />
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss<br />
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss<br />
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss<br />
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss<br />
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss}}<br />
<br />
===Conflicting PC Speaker===<br />
If you're sure nothing is muted, that your drivers are installed correctly, and that your volume is right, but you still do not hear anything, then try adding the following line to {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}:<br />
<br />
options snd-NAME-OF-MODULE ac97_quirk=0<br />
<br />
The above fix has been observed to work with {{ic|via82xx}}<br />
options snd-NAME-OF-MODULE ac97_quirk=1<br />
The above fix has been reported to work with {{ic|snd_intel8x0}}<br />
<br />
===No Microphone Input===<br />
In alsamixer, make sure that all the volume levels are up under recording, and that CAPTURE is toggled active on the microphone (e.g. Mic, Internal Mic) and/or on Capture (in alsamixer, select these items and press space). Try making positive Mic Boost and raising Capture and Digital levels higher; this make make static or distortion, but then you can adjust them back down once you're hearing ''something'' when you record<br />
<br />
As the pulseaudio wrapper is shown as "default" in alsamixer, you may have to press F6 to select your actual soundcard first. You may also need to enable and increase the volume of Line-in in the Playback section.<br />
<br />
To test the microphone, run these commands (see arecord's man page for further information):<br />
arecord -d 5 test-mic.wav<br />
aplay test-mic.wav<br />
<br />
If all fails, you may want to eliminate hardware failure by testing the microphone with a different device.<br />
<br />
For at least some computers, muting a microphone (MM) simply means its input doesn't go immediately to the speakers. It still receives input.<br />
<br />
Many Dell laptops need "-dmic" to be appended to the model name in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}:<br />
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6-dmic<br />
<br />
Some programs use try to use OSS as the main input software. Add the following lines to {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}} to prevent OSS modules from being loaded:<br />
<br />
{{Note|The OSS modules are no longer autoloaded anyway.}}<br />
<br />
blacklist snd_pcm_oss<br />
blacklist snd_mixer_oss<br />
blacklist snd_seq_oss<br />
<br />
See also:<br />
* http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/SoundcardTesting<br />
* http://alsa.opensrc.org/Record_from_mic<br />
<br />
===Setting the default Microphone/Capture Device===<br />
Some applications (Pidgin, Adobe Flash) do not provide an option to change the capture device. It becomes an issue if your microphone is on a separate device (e.g. USB webcam or microphone) than your internal sound card. To change only the default capture device, leaving the default playback device as is, you can modify your {{ic|~/.asoundrc}} file to include the following:<br />
<br />
pcm.usb<br />
{<br />
type hw<br />
card U0x46d0x81d<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.!default<br />
{<br />
type asym<br />
playback.pcm<br />
{<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmix"<br />
}<br />
capture.pcm<br />
{<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "usb"<br />
}<br />
}<br />
<br />
Replace "U0x46d0x81d" with your capture device's card name in ALSA. You can use {{ic|arecord -L}} to list all the capture devices detected by ALSA.<br />
<br />
===Internal Microphone not working===<br />
First make sure all the volume levels are up under recording in alsamixer. In my case adding the following option to /etc/sound.conf and reloading the snd-* module produced a new volume setting called Capture which was capturing for the internal mic. For eg, for snd-hda-intel add<br />
<br />
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1<br />
<br />
Then reload the module (as below), up the recording volume of Capture and then test.<br />
<br />
{{bc|# rmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel}}<br />
<br />
===No Sound with Onboard Intel Sound Card===<br />
There may be an issue with two conflicting modules loaded, namely {{ic|snd_intel8x0}} and {{ic|snd_intel8x0m}}. In this case, blacklist snd_intel8x0m:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf|blacklist snd_intel8x0m}}<br />
<br />
''Muting'' the "External Amplifier" in {{ic|alsamixer}} or {{ic|amixer}} may also help. See [http://alsa.opensrc.org/Intel8x0#Dell_Inspiron_8600_.28and_probably_others.29 the ALSA wiki].<br />
<br />
===No Headphone Sound with Onboard Intel Sound Card===<br />
With '''Intel Corporation 82801 I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller''' on laptop, you may need to add this line to modprobe or sound.conf:<br />
<br />
options snd-hda-intel model=$model<br />
<br />
Where $model is any one of the following (in order of possibility to work, but not merit):<br />
<br />
* dell-vostro<br />
* olpc-xo-1_5<br />
* laptop<br />
* dell-m6<br />
* laptop-hpsense<br />
<br />
Note: It may be necessary to put this "options" line below (after) any "alias" lines about your card.<br />
<br />
You can see all the available models in the kernel documentation. For example [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.35.y.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt;h=dc25bb84b83b49665a7ed850e7bf5423d50cd3ba;hb=HEAD here], but check that it is the correct version of that document for your kernel version.<br />
<br />
A list of available models is also available [http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt here]. To know your chip name type the following command (with * being corrected to match your files). Note that some chips could have been renamed and don't directly match the available ones in the file.<br />
<br />
cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec<br />
<br />
Note that there is a high chance none of the input devices (all internal and external mics) will work if you choose to do this, so it is either your headphones or your mic. Please report to ALSA if you are affected by this bug.<br />
<br />
And also, if you have problems getting beeps to work (pcspkr):<br />
<br />
options snd-hda-intel model=$model enable=1 index=0<br />
<br />
===No sound when S/PDIF video card is installed===<br />
Discover available modules and their order:<br />
$ cat /proc/asound/modules<br />
0 snd_hda_intel<br />
1 snd_ca0106<br />
<br />
Disable the undesired video card audio codec in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}:<br />
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf<br />
#<br />
install snd_hda_intel /bin/false<br />
<br />
If both devices use the same module, it might be possible to disable one of them in the BIOS.<br />
<br />
===Poor sound quality or clipping===<br />
If you experience poor sound quality, try setting the PCM volume (in alsamixer) to a level such that gain is 0.<br />
<br />
If snd-usb-audio driver has been loaded, you could try to enable {{ic|softvol}} in '''/etc/asound.conf''' file. Example configuration for the first audio device:<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "softvol"<br />
}<br />
pcm.dmixer {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 1024<br />
slave {<br />
pcm "hw:0"<br />
period_time 0<br />
period_size 4096<br />
buffer_size 131072<br />
rate 50000<br />
}<br />
bindings {<br />
0 0<br />
1 1<br />
}<br />
}<br />
pcm.dsnooper {<br />
type dsnoop<br />
ipc_key 1024<br />
slave {<br />
pcm "hw:0"<br />
channels 2<br />
period_time 0<br />
period_size 4096<br />
buffer_size 131072<br />
rate 50000<br />
}<br />
bindings {<br />
0 0<br />
1 1<br />
}<br />
}<br />
pcm.softvol {<br />
type softvol<br />
slave { pcm "dmixer" }<br />
control {<br />
name "Master"<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
}<br />
ctl.!default {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
ctl.softvol {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
ctl.dmixer {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
<br />
===Pops When Starting and Stopping Playback===<br />
Some modules (e.g. snd_ac97_codec and snd_hda_intel) can power off your sound card when not in use. This can make an audible noise (like a crack/pop/scratch) when turning on/off your sound card. Sometimes even when move the slider volume, or open and close windows (KDE4). If you find this annoying try {{ic|modinfo snd_MY_MODULE}}, and look for a module option that adjusts or disables this feature.<br />
<br />
Example: to disable the power saving mode and solve cracking sound trough speakers issue, using snd_hda_intel add in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}<br />
options snd_hda_intel power_save=0<br />
or<br />
options snd_hda_intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N<br />
<br />
You can also try it with {{ic|1=modprobe snd_hda_intel power_save=0}} before.<br />
<br />
You may also have to unmute the 'Line' ALSA channel for this to work. Any value will do (other than '0' or something too high).<br />
<br />
''Example:'' on an onboard VIA VT1708S (using the snd_hda_intel module) these cracks occured even though 'power_save' was set to 0. Unmuting the 'Line' channel and setting a value of '1' solved the issue.<br />
<br />
Source: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sound/alsa/powersave.txt<br />
<br />
If you use a laptop, pm-utils will change {{ic|power_save}} back to 1 when you go onto battery power even if you disable power saving in {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d}}. Disable this for pm-utils by disabling the script that makes the change:<br />
# chmod -x /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/intel-audio-powersave<br />
<br />
===S/PDIF Output Does Not Work===<br />
<br />
If the optical/coaxial digital output of your motherboard/sound card is not working or stopped working, and have already enabled and unmuted it in alsamixer, try running<br />
# iecset audio on<br />
<br />
as root.<br />
<br />
You can also put this command in {{Ic|rc.local}} as it sometimes it may stop working after a reboot.<br />
<br />
===HDMI Output Does Not Work===<br />
If the HDMI output of your motherboard/sound card is not working or stopped working, and have already enabled and unmuted it in alsamixer, try the following.<br />
<br />
Query for Playback Devices:<br />
<br />
$ aplay -l<br />
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****<br />
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC1200 Digital [ALC1200 Digital]<br />
Subdevices: 1/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]<br />
Subdevices: 0/1<br />
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0<br />
<br />
Now that we have the info for the HDMI device, try a test, In the example below, 0 is the card number and 3 is the device number.<br />
<br />
$ aplay -D plughw:0,3 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav<br />
<br />
If aplay does not output any errors, but still no sound is heared, "reboot" the receiver, monitor or tv set. Since the HDMI interface executes a handshake on connection, it might have noticed before that there was no audio stream embedded, and disabled audio decoding.<br />
<br />
{{Note|If you're using an ATI card and linux 3.0, check your kernel/grub settings, you most likely need to use the ''''radeon.audio'''<nowiki>=</nowiki>'''1'''' boot parameter, or alternatively set up the option in your modprobe configuration files.}}<br />
<br />
If the test is successful, create or edit your ~/.asoundrc file to set HDMI as the default audio device.<br />
<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
device 3<br />
}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
====Using udev to automatically turn HDMI audio on or off====<br />
<br />
{{Out of date| /var/run/ConsoleKit/database doesn't exist anymore and the hdmi-switch script doesn't seem to work }}<br />
<br />
{{Note|This will only work if the driver supports udev; NVIDIA's proprietary one, for instance, does not.}}<br />
<br />
The previous steps in this section are good for testing, or if you don't need to hotplug your HDMI cable often. We now consider the situation where you have a laptop and want HDMI audio only when you have the HDMI cable plugged in.<br />
<br />
The code in this section comes from [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132641 The Arch Linux Forums].<br />
<br />
We create a udev rule (for processing the cable connect/disconnect events), two different ALSA configuration files, and a script that switches between these configurations.<br />
<br />
First create {{ic|/etc/alsa/}} if it doesn't exist yet; it will house the configuration files and the switcher script:<br />
<br />
{{bc|<nowiki>[[ -d /etc/alsa/ ]] || sudo mkdir -v /etc/alsa</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
Place inside this directory the following files (which you may wish to tweak as you see fit):<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/alsa/hdmi-switch|2=<br />
<nowiki><br />
#! /bin/bash<br />
set -x<br />
export DISPLAY=:0<br />
hdmi_status="$(cat /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/status)"<br />
USERID="$(cat /var/run/ConsoleKit/database | grep -B 6 is_active=true | grep uid= | cut -f 2 -d '=')"<br />
USER="$(grep $USERID /etc/passwd | cut -f 1 -d ':')"<br />
<br />
if [[ $hdmi_status == "disconnected" ]]; then<br />
[[ $(pgrep X) > 0 ]] && su $USER -c "xrandr --output HDMI-1 --off"<br />
else<br />
[[ $(pgrep X) > 0 ]] && su $USER -c "xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode 1920x1080 --auto --output HDMI-1 --auto --right-of LVDS-1"<br />
fi<br />
<br />
ln -sf "/etc/alsa/asound.hdmi-$hdmi_status" /etc/asound.conf<br />
systemctl restart alsa-restore<br />
<br />
exit 0<br />
</nowiki><br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/alsa/asound.hdmi-connected|2=<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmixer"<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.dsp0 {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmixer"<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.dmixer {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 1024 <br />
ipc_key_add_uid 0<br />
ipc_perm 0666 <br />
slave {<br />
pcm "hw:0,3" # HDMI CARD AND DEVICE<br />
period_time 0<br />
period_size 1024<br />
buffer_size 8192<br />
rate 48000 #or 44100<br />
} <br />
}<br />
<br />
ctl.dmixer {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/alsa/asound.hdmi-disconnected|2=<br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmixer"<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.dsp0 {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "dmixer"<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.dmixer {<br />
type dmix<br />
ipc_key 1024 <br />
ipc_key_add_uid 0<br />
ipc_perm 0666 <br />
slave {<br />
pcm "hw:0,0" # LOCAL CARD AND DEVICE<br />
period_time 0<br />
period_size 1024<br />
buffer_size 8192<br />
rate 48000 #or 44100<br />
}<br />
}<br />
<br />
ctl.dmixer {<br />
type hw<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The two asound.conf versions include dmix settings and allow merging of user permissions so that, for example, the mpd user and your regular user can access it at the same time.<br />
<br />
You may now test that the switcher script works by running,<br />
<br />
# chmod +x /etc/alsa/hdmi-switch<br />
# /etc/alsa/hdmi-switch<br />
<br />
You should find that you can successfully obtain HDMI audio output when you run the script while the cable is plugged in. You should be able to restore your default audio output by unplugging the cable and manually running the script again.<br />
<br />
Once you have that working, we automate the process by adding the udev rule:<br />
<br />
{{hc|/etc/udev/rules.d/hdmi.rules|2=<br />
SUBSYSTEM=="drm", ACTION=="change", RUN+="/bin/bash /etc/alsa/hdmi-switch"<br />
}}<br />
<br />
To make udev incorporate the new rule immediately, reload all rules:<br />
<br />
# udevadm control --reload-rules<br />
<br />
===HDMI Multi-channel PCM output does not work (Intel) ===<br />
As of Linux 3.1 multi-channel PCM output through HDMI with a Intel card (Intel Eaglelake, IbexPeak/Ironlake,SandyBridge/CougarPoint and IvyBridge/PantherPoint) is not yet supported. Support for it has been recently added and expected to be available in Linux 3.2. To make it work in Linux 3.1 you need to apply the following patches:<br />
<br />
* [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=patch;h=76adaa34db407f174dd06370cb60f6029c33b465 drm: support routines for HDMI/DP ELD]<br />
* [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=patch;h=e0dac65ed45e72fe34cc7ccc76de0ba220bd38bb drm/i915: pass ELD to HDMI/DP audio driver]<br />
<br />
===HP TX2500===<br />
Add these 2 lines into {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}:<br />
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388<br />
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=toshiba position_fix=1<br />
<br />
options snd-hda-intel model=hp (works for tx2000cto)<br />
<br />
===Skipping Sound When Playing MP3===<br />
If you have sound skipping when playing MP3 files and you have more then 2 speakers attached to your computer (i.e. > 2 speaker system), run alsamixer and disable the channels for the speakers that you '''DO NOT''' have (i.e. do not enable the sound for the center speaker if you do not have a center speaker.<br />
<br />
===Using a USB Headset and External USB Sound Cards===<br />
If you are using a USB headset with ALSA you can try using {{AUR|asoundconf}} (currently only available from the [[AUR]]) to set the headset as the primary sound output. Before running make sure you have usb audio module enabled ({{ic|modprobe snd-usb-audio}}).<br />
<br />
# asoundconf is-active<br />
# asoundconf list<br />
# asoundconf set-default-card <chosen soundcard><br />
<br />
==== Crackling sound with USB devices ====<br />
If you experience crackling sound on USB devices, you can try tuning the snd-usb-audio for minimal latency.<br />
<br />
Add this to your {{ic|/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf}}:<br />
<br />
options snd-usb-audio nrpacks=1<br />
<br />
source: http://alsa.opensrc.org/Usb-audio#Tuning_USB_devices_for_minimal_latencies<br />
<br />
===Error 'Unknown hardware' Appears After a Kernel Update===<br />
The following messages may be displayed during the start-up ALSA after the kernel update:<br />
Unknown hardware "foo" "bar" ...<br />
Hardware is initialized using a guess method<br />
/usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:nnnn:failed to obtain info for control #mm (No such file or directory)<br />
<br />
or<br />
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "VIA VT1705" "HDA:11064397,18490397,00100000" "0x1849" "0x0397"<br />
Hardware is initialized using a generic method<br />
/usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1328: failed to obtain info for control #1 (No such file or directory)<br />
/usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1328: failed to obtain info for control #2 (No such file or directory)<br />
/usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1328: failed to obtain info for control #25 (No such file or directory)<br />
/usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1328: failed to obtain info for control #26 (No such file or directory)<br />
<br />
Simply store ALSA mixer settings again (as root):<br />
# alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state store<br />
<br />
It may be necessary configure ALSA again with alsamixer<br />
<br />
===HDA Analyzer===<br />
If the mappings to your audio pins(plugs) do not correspond but ALSA works fine, you could try HDA Analyzer -- a pyGTK2 GUI for HD-audio control can be found [http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/HDA_Analyzer at the ALSA wiki].<br />
Try tweaking the Widget Control section of the PIN nodes, to make microphones IN and headphone jacks OUT. Referring to the Config Defaults heading is a good idea.<br />
<br />
NOTE: the script is done by such way that it is incompatible with python3 (which is now shipped with ArchLinux) but tries to use it.<br />
The workaround is: open "run.py", find all occurences of "python" (2 occurences - one on the first line, and the second on the last line) and replace them all by "python2".<br />
<br />
NOTE2: the script requires root acces, but running it via su/sudo is bogus. Run it via {{ic|kdesu}} or {{ic|gksu}}.<br />
<br />
===ALSA with SDL===<br />
If you get no sound via SDL and ALSA cannot be chosen from the application. Try setting the environmental variable SDL_AUDIODRIVER to alsa.<br />
# export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa<br />
<br />
===Low Sound Workaround===<br />
<br />
If you are facing low sound even after maxing out your speakers/headphones, you can give the softvol plugin a try. Add the following to {{ic|/etc/asound.conf}}.<br />
{{bc|<nowiki><br />
pcm.!default {<br />
type plug<br />
slave.pcm "softvol"<br />
}<br />
<br />
pcm.softvol {<br />
type softvol<br />
slave {<br />
pcm "dmix"<br />
}<br />
control {<br />
name "Pre-Amp"<br />
card 0<br />
}<br />
min_dB -5.0<br />
max_dB 20.0<br />
resolution 6<br />
}<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
{{note| You'll probably have to restart the computer, as restarting the alsa daemon didn't load the new configuration for me. Also, if the configuration doesn't work even after restarting, try changing {{ic|plug}} with {{ic|hw}} in the above configuration.}}<br />
<br />
After the changes are loaded successfully, you will see a {{ic|Pre-Amp}} section in alsamixer. You can adjust the levels there.<br />
{{note|Setting a high value for {{ic|Pre-Amp}} can cause sound distortion, so adjust it according to the level that suits you.}}<br />
<br />
===Popping sound after resuming from suspension===<br />
You might hear a popping sound after resuming the computer from suspension. This can be fixed by editing {{ic|/etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa}} and removing the line that says {{ic|aplay -d 1 /dev/zero}}<br />
<br />
==Example configurations==<br />
See [[Advanced Linux Sound Architecture/Example Configurations]].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt Advanced ALSA module configuration]<br />
* [http://alsa.opensrc.org/Main_Page Unofficial ALSA Wiki]<br />
* [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=36815 HOWTO: Compile driver from svn]</div>Bobihttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Arch_build_system&diff=241176Arch build system2012-12-21T19:16:36Z<p>Bobi: /* Why would I want to use ABS? */</p>
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{{Article summary text|The Arch Build System is a ports-like system for building and packaging software from source code. This article includes a general overview of the ABS followed by detailed usage instructions.}}<br />
{{Article summary heading|Overview}}<br />
{{Article summary text|{{Package management overview}}}}<br />
{{Article summary heading|Related}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|ABS FAQ}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|Arch Packaging Standards}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|Creating Packages}}<br />
{{Article summary wiki|Kernel Compilation with ABS}}<br />
{{Article summary end}}<br />
<br />
This article provides an overview of the Arch Build System along with a walkthrough for beginners. It is not a complete reference guide! For a quick and simple introduction to the ABS, see the [[ABS FAQ]]. If you need more information, please reference the man pages.<br />
{{Note|ABS syncs once a day so it may lag behind what is already available in the repositories.}}<br />
== What is the Arch Build System? ==<br />
<br />
The Arch Build System, '''ABS''' for short, is a ''ports-like'' system for building and packaging software from source code. While [[pacman]] is the specialized Arch tool for binary package management (including packages built with the ABS), ABS is a collection of tools for compiling source into installable {{ic|.pkg.tar.xz}} packages.<br />
<br />
=== What is a ports-like system? ===<br />
<br />
''Ports'' is a system used by *BSD to automate the process of building software from source code. The system uses a ''port'' to download, unpack, patch, compile, and install the given software. A ''port'' is merely a small directory on the user's computer, named after the corresponding software to be installed, that contains a few files with the instructions for building and installing the software from source. This makes installing software as simple as typing {{ic|make}} or {{ic|make install clean}} within the port's directory.<br />
<br />
=== '''ABS''' is a similar concept ===<br />
<br />
ABS is made up of a directory tree (the ABS tree) residing under {{ic|/var/abs}}. This tree contains many subdirectories, each within a category and each named by their respective package. This tree represents (but does not contain) all ''official Arch software'', retrievable through the SVN system. You may refer to each package-named subdirectory as an 'ABS', much the way one would refer to a 'port'. These ABS (or subdirectories) do not contain the software package nor the source but rather a [[PKGBUILD]] file (and sometimes other files). A PKGBUILD is a simple Bash build script -- a text file containing the compilation and packaging instructions as well as the URL of the appropriate '''source''' tarball to be downloaded. (The most important component of ABS are PKGBUILDs.) By issuing the ABS [[makepkg]] command, the software is first compiled and then ''packaged'' within the build directory before being installed. Now you may use [[pacman]], the Arch Linux package manager, to install, upgrade, and remove your new package.<br />
<br />
=== ABS overview ===<br />
<br />
'ABS' may be used as an umbrella term since it includes and relies on several other components; therefore, though not technically accurate, 'ABS' can refer to the following tools as a complete toolkit:<br />
<br />
; ABS tree: The ABS directory structure; an SVN hierarchy under {{ic|/var/abs/}} on your (local) machine. It contains many subdirectories, named for all available official Arch Linux software from repositories specified in {{ic|/etc/abs.conf}}, but not the packages themselves. The tree is created after installing the {{Pkg|abs}} package with [[pacman]] and subsequently running the {{ic|abs}} script.<br />
<br />
; [[PKGBUILD]]s: A [[Bash]] script that contains the URL of the source code along with the compilation and packaging instructions.<br />
<br />
; [[makepkg]]: ABS shell command tool which reads the PKGBUILDs, automatically downloads and compiles the sources and creates a {{ic|.pkg.tar*}} according to the {{ic|PKGEXT}} array in {{ic|makepkg.conf}}. You may also use makepkg to make your own custom packages from the [[AUR]] or third-party sources. (See the [[Creating Packages]] wiki article.)<br />
<br />
; [[pacman]]: pacman is completely separate, but is necessarily invoked either by makepkg or manually, to install and remove the built packages and for fetching dependencies.<br />
<br />
; [[Arch User Repository|AUR]]: The Arch User Repository is separate from ABS but AUR (unsupported) PKGBUILDs are built using makepkg to compile and package up software. In contrast to the ABS tree on your local machine, the AUR exists as a website interface. It contains many thousands of user-contributed PKGBUILDs for software which is unavailable as an official Arch package. If you need to build a package outside the official Arch tree, chances are it is in the AUR.<br />
<br />
== Why would I want to use ABS? ==<br />
<br />
The Arch Build System is used to:<br />
* Compile or recompile a package, for any reason<br />
* Make and install new packages from source of software for which no packages are yet available (see [[Creating Packages]]) <br />
* Customize existing packages to fit your needs (enabling or disabling options, patching)<br />
* Rebuild your entire system using your compiler flags, "à la FreeBSD" (e.g. with [[pacbuilder]])<br />
* Cleanly build and install your own custom kernel (see [[Kernel Compilation]])<br />
* Get kernel modules working with your custom kernel<br />
* Easily compile and install a newer, older, beta, or development version of an Arch package by editing the version number in the PKGBUILD<br />
<br />
ABS is not necessary to use Arch Linux, but it is useful for automating certain tasks of source compilation.<br />
<br />
== How to use ABS ==<br />
<br />
Building packages using abs consists of these steps:<br />
#Install the {{Pkg|abs}} package with [[pacman]].<br />
#Run {{ic|abs}} as root to create the ABS tree by synchronizing it with the Arch Linux server.<br />
#Copy the build files (usually residing under {{ic|/var/abs/<repo>/<pkgname>}}) to a build directory.<br />
#Navigate to that directory, edit the PKGBUILD (if desired/necessary) and do '''makepkg'''. <br />
#According to instructions in the PKGBUILD, makepkg will download the appropriate source tarball, unpack it, patch if desired, compile according to {{ic|CFLAGS}} specified in {{ic|makepkg.conf}}, and finally compress the built files into a package with the extension {{ic|.pkg.tar.gz}} or {{ic|.pkg.tar.xz}}. <br />
#Installing is as easy as doing {{ic|pacman -U <.pkg.tar.xz file>}}. Package removal is also handled by pacman.<br />
<br />
=== Install tools ===<br />
<br />
To use the ABS, you first need to [[pacman|install]] {{Pkg|abs}} from the [[Official Repositories|official repositories]].<br />
<br />
This will grab the abs-sync scripts, various build scripts, and [[rsync]] (as a dependency, if you do not already have it).<br />
<br />
Before you can actually build anything, however, you will also need basic compiling tools. These are handily collected in the [[Pacman#Installing_package_groups|package group]] {{grp|base-devel}}. This group can be installed with pacman.<br />
<br />
=== /etc/abs.conf ===<br />
<br />
As root, edit {{ic|/etc/abs.conf}} to include your desired repositories.<br />
<br />
Remove the {{ic|!}} in front of the appropriate repositories. For example:<br />
REPOS=(core extra community !testing)<br />
<br />
=== ABS tree ===<br />
<br />
The ABS tree is an SVN directory hierarchy located under {{ic|/var/abs}} and looks like this:<br />
<br />
{{bc|<nowiki><br />
| -- core/<br />
| || -- acl/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- attr/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- abs/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- autoconf/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- ...<br />
| -- extra/<br />
| || -- acpid/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- apache/<br />
| || || -- PKGBUILD<br />
| || -- ...<br />
| -- community/<br />
| || -- ...<br />
</nowiki>}}<br />
<br />
The ABS tree has exactly the same structure as the package database:<br />
<br />
* First-level: Reposistory name<br />
* Second-level: Package name directories<br />
* Third level: PKGBUILD (contains information needed to build a package) and other related files (patches, other files needed for building the package)<br />
<br />
The source code for the package is not present in the ABS directory. Instead, the '''PKGBUILD''' file contains a URL that will download the source code when the package is built. So the size of abs tree is quite small.<br />
<br />
==== Download ABS tree ====<br />
As root, run:<br />
# abs<br />
<br />
Your ABS tree is now created under {{ic|/var/abs}}. Note the appropriate branches of the ABS tree now exist and correspond to the ones you specified in {{ic|/etc/abs.conf}}. <br />
<br />
The abs command should be run periodically to keep in sync with the official repositories. Individual ABS package files can also be downloaded with:<br />
<br />
# abs <repository>/<package><br />
This way you do not have to check out the entire abs tree just to build one package.<br />
<br />
=== /etc/makepkg.conf ===<br />
<br />
{{ic|/etc/makepkg.conf}} specifies global environment variables and compiler flags which you may wish to edit if you are using an SMP system, or to specify other desired optimizations. The default settings are for i686 and x86_64 optimizations which will work fine for those architectures on single-CPU systems. (The defaults will work on SMP machines, but will only use one core/CPU when compiling -- see [[makepkg.conf]].)<br />
<br />
==== Set the PACKAGER variable in /etc/makepkg.conf ====<br />
<br />
Setting the PACKAGER variable in {{ic|/etc/makepkg.conf}} is an optional but ''highly recommended'' step. It allows a "flag" to quickly identify which packages have been built and/or installed by YOU, not the official maintainer! This is easily accomplished using '''expac''' available from the community repo:<br />
<br />
===== Showing All Packages (including those from AUR) =====<br />
$ grep myname /etc/makepkg.conf<br />
PACKAGER="myname <myemail@myserver.com>"<br />
<br />
$ expac "%n %p" | grep "myname" | column -t<br />
archey3 myname<br />
binutils myname<br />
gcc myname<br />
gcc-libs myname<br />
glibc myname<br />
tar myname<br />
<br />
===== Showing Only Packages Contained in Repos =====<br />
<br />
This example only shows packages contained in the repos defined in {{ic|/etc/pacman.conf}}:<br />
<br />
$ . /etc/makepkg.conf; grep -xvFf <(pacman -Qqm) <(expac "%n\t%p" | grep "$PACKAGER$" | cut -f1)<br />
binutils<br />
gcc<br />
gcc-libs<br />
glibc<br />
tar<br />
<br />
=== Create a build directory ===<br />
<br />
It is recommended to create a build directory where the actual compiling will take place; you should never modify the ABS tree by building within it, as data will be lost (overwritten) on each ABS update. It is good practice to use your home directory, though some Arch users prefer to create a 'local' directory under {{ic|/var/abs/}}, owned by a normal user. <br />
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Create your build directory. e.g.:<br />
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$ mkdir -p $HOME/abs<br />
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Copy the ABS from the tree ({{ic|/var/abs/<repository>/<pkgname>}}) to the build directory.<br />
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=== Build package ===<br />
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In our example, we will build the ''slim'' display manager package.<br />
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Copy the slim ABS from the ABS tree to a build directory:<br />
$ cp -r /var/abs/extra/slim/ ~/abs<br />
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Navigate to the build directory:<br />
$ cd ~/abs/slim<br />
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Modify the PKGBUILD to add or remove support for components, to patch or to change package versions, etc. (optional):<br />
$ nano PKGBUILD<br />
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Run makepkg as normal user (with {{ic|-s}} switch to install with automatic dependency handling):<br />
$ makepkg -s<br />
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{{Note|Before complaining about missing (make) dependencies, remember that the {{Grp|base}} group is assumed to be installed on all Arch Linux systems. The group "base-devel" is assumed to be installed when building with '''makepkg'''. See [[#Install tools]].}}<br />
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Install as root:<br />
# pacman -U slim-1.3.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz<br />
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That's it. You have just built slim from source and cleanly installed it to your system with pacman. Package removal is also handled by pacman with {{ic|pacman -R slim}}.<br />
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The ABS method adds a level of convenience and automation, while still maintaining complete transparency and control of the build and installation functions by including them in the PKGBUILD.<br />
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==== fakeroot ====<br />
Essentially, the same steps are being executed in the traditional method (generally including the {{ic|./configure, make, make install}} steps) but the software is installed into a ''fake root'' environment. (A ''fake root'' is simply a subdirectory within the build directory that functions and behaves as the system's root directory. In conjunction with the '''fakeroot''' program, makepkg creates a fake root directory, and installs the compiled binaries and associated files into it, with '''root''' as owner.) The ''fake root'', or subdirectory tree containing the compiled software, is then compressed into an archive with the extension {{ic|.pkg.tar.xz}}, or a ''package''. When invoked, pacman then extracts the package (installs it) into the system's real root directory ({{ic|/}}).</div>Bobi