pacman
Arch Linux package manager utility.
Some subcommands such as pacman sync
have their own usage documentation.
More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.
- Synchronize and update all packages:
sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade
- Install a new package:
sudo pacman --sync {{package_name}}
- Remove a package and its dependencies:
sudo pacman --remove --recursive {{package_name}}
- Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:
pacman --sync --search "{{search_pattern}}"
- List installed packages and versions:
pacman --query
- List only the explicitly installed packages and versions:
pacman --query --explicit
- List orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not actually required by any package):
pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet
- Empty the entire pacman cache:
sudo pacman --sync --clean --clean
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