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Why isn't the discover software manager loading any applications in Arch Linux? This is what discover is saying:

Discover currently cannot be used to install any apps because none of its app backends are available. Please report this error to your distribution.

Please have a look at the screenshot:

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But I am able to download packages through terminal. Please help.

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You need to install one of the backends first using pacman. You need packagekit-qt5 or packagekit-qt6 (for KDE 6) for "normal" packages, flatpak for Flatpaks and fwupd for firmware updates.

for KDE 5:

# pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd

for KDE 6:

# pacman -S packagekit-qt6 flatpak fwupd
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    It's worth noting that packagekit-qt5 is not recommended by Arch or Plasma. Anything other than pacman is usually going to have the potential to create partial upgrades, which are not supported. Commented Sep 30, 2022 at 3:11
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    If you updated to KDE version 6 you need packagekit-qt6 for things to work. Commented Mar 8, 2024 at 7:28
  • Thanks, I've updated the answer. Commented Mar 16, 2024 at 16:09

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