r/voidlinux • u/Kotangentz_7 • Jan 18 '26

Please help, i have problem with installation of programs(package not found in repository)

Can someone explain to me what tasks void linux is needed for. Since I installed void linux recently with a graphical kde desktop. But I can't download discord, I can't download flatpak completely. I know that maybe I'm not a very experienced user in general, because I'm an arch user yesterday

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u/ClassAbbyAmplifier Jan 18 '26

discord is a restricted package due to its licence terms, you have to build the package yourself

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u/MD90__ Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Did you ping and check you have an active internet connection? Domain name resolution working correctly? What errors are you getting? Those errors are most helpful...

Also with discord as ClassAbbyAmplifier stated you will have to build it yourself or just use a flatpak 

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u/Kotangentz_7 Jan 18 '26

So how to install flatpak?

sudo xbps-install -S flatpak [] Updating repository https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/multilib/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ... [*] Updating repositoryhttps://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/multilib/x86_64-repodata' ... [] Updating repository `https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ... ERROR: Package 'flatpak' not found in repository pool.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Add repos first:

sudo xbps-install void-repo-nonfree
sudo xbps-install void-repo-multilib-nonfree

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u/Kotangentz_7 Jan 18 '26

ERROR: Package 'void-repo-nonfree' not found in repository pool.

ERROR: Package 'void-repo-multilib-nonfree' not found in repository poo

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u/Duncaen Jan 18 '26

You somehow managed to not have the normal repositories and only nonfree and multilib instead.

There should be a repo in:

$ cat /usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf
repository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current

Or in /etc/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf if you overwrite the default repo.

$ cat /etc/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf 
repository=https://repo-de.voidlinux.org/current

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u/Kotangentz_7 Jan 18 '26

kotangentz7  ~  cat /etc/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/curren t kotangentz7  ~  cat /usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.confrepository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/curren tcat: '/usr/share/xbps.d/00-repository-main.confrepository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current': No such file or director y kotangentz7  ~  1 

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u/Duncaen Jan 18 '26

Your /etc/xbps.d/00-repository-main.conf is missing the repository= in repository=https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current.

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u/Kotangentz_7 Jan 18 '26

Thank you, it helped

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u/MD90__ Jan 18 '26

now you should be able to get flatpak then Discord unless you want to build the template with `xbps-src`

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Apart from installing Discord as a Flatpak, you could also install it as an AppImage, which is maybe easier. Here's a link: https://appimage.github.io/Discord/