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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.

fra-san
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You need to install one of the backends first using pacman. You need packagekit-qt5 for "normal" packages, flatpak for Flatpaks and fwupd for firmware updates.

# pacman -S packagekit-qt5 flatpak fwupd
Vojtech Trefny
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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. – TechnoSam Sep 30 '22 at 03:11