Correction to Arch Linux guide

[chowned]

Guide was missing the actual command to install the software in arch linux and based distros, it stopped at refreshing databases.
I added 32 bit and 64 bit installer for Arch Linux and squeezed to just one commit as previously requested.

[Doomer-Cat]

just adding mangohud + lib32-mangohud to db refresh command and describing would have been sufficient in my opinion

[chowned]

I followed a previous pull request from here

#1172

[Doomer-Cat]

in my opinion even this would be enough:

Enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf with sudo
Now refresh databases and install the 32-bit and 64-bit mangohud packages:

sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud

[flightlessmango]

Enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf with sudo Now refresh databases and install the 32-bit and 64-bit mangohud packages:

sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud

Something like this is probably better. We get a lot of issues that stems from the user not having 32bit installed, it would be good if users are instructed to install both at the same time

[hashworks]

sudo pacman -Syy lib32-mangohud mangohud

Please don't force refresh your local package databases (yy) unless they are corrupt. One y is enough.

[chowned]

I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one, what i can say is that i tested on 2 machines with arch linux and a VM on proxmox with manjaro (to try different things) and i got no issue with checking the correct usage with a steam game. So i don't really agree on installing something that is not required, unless a lot of users start to have the same problem.
I agree for not doing double "yy" but it is not something that "breaks" anything, it is just a long operation to refresh all local databases... and i just followed what is currently in the readme.

[flightlessmango]

I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one

I agree with you, however I'm thinking about pacman -Syy. I believe it's bad practice to update the database without updating the system

[hashworks]

I'm not totally agreeing on installing both packages but the user could just install one

I agree with you, however I'm thinking about pacman -Syy. I believe it's bad practice to update the database without updating the system

As I said above, running yy is discouraged anyway - it forces a redownload of all package databases and puts unneeded strain on Arch Linux infrastructure. It should only be used to fix broken systems. A single y will check if there are updates and downloads only what's needed.

And yes, in general partial upgrades are unsupported and one should use pacman -S or pacman -Syu unless they know what they are doing.