Arch linux for Ubuntu users

Hello everyone,
When using Synaptic on Ubuntu it usually sets everything up for you so all the installed software tends to work out of the box without any need to change around configuration. Is the package manager in Arch Linux as integrated as the one from Ubuntu?
Thanks
Frank

I'm new to the linux scene (about 1 month now).  My most used distro (and my fallback if I mess up another distro on a seperate partition) was Ubuntu, until I figured out the basics of Arch.  After this enlightenment, I find Arch to be much easier to work with in terms of customizing apps, having the right libraries I want, and to just do daily functions.  I love to always check for updates to the system.  Ever notice in ubuntu there are about 30 repositories you have to sync with? In Arch there are the 3 basic repositories (extra, core, community) and multilib if you are on 64bit.  Working with pacman is much more efficient and controlled than apt-get imho. 
One thing I hated with apt-get is that you add in 3rd party PPAs that are slow.  With Arch and its pacman + yaourt(aur) there is really no need for these 3rd party repositories as everything you can imagine is probably available in official repositories or built by the community.  Go check out https://aur.archlinux.org/ this is one of the coolest community made pool of apps around.
As mentioned before, the pacman doesn't hold your hands so be prepared to google and learn what some packages do.  For example, I am running gnome and install a KDE app called amarok.  Pacman will install everything (including KDE and qt libs) to get amarok started.  However, the only things it doesn't install (but it does tell you what) is extra depencies. 
Optional dependencies for amarok
    libgpod: support for Apple iPod audio devices
    libmtp: support for portable media devices
    loudmouth: backend needed by mp3tunes for syncing
    ifuse: support for Apple iPod Touch and iPhone
So, basically I just read through pacman's output, and either google or make a decision on what is needed.  This way my system is controlled tightly and I know more about the system.  In the future if I buy an ipod and want to sync, I'll remember there are some optional depencies available for this.  I can type "pacman -Qi amarok" and it will show me what it depends on as well as optional depencies. 
Sorry for going on for so long but you get the point.

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