pacman

what is pacman

Arch Linux package manager utility.

flags

• S installing or updating programs / keeping them synced with remote repositories
• R remove programs
• Q searching locally for programs

common commands

• Synchronize and update all packages: sudo pacman -Syu

• Install a new package: sudo pacman -S package

• Remove a package and its dependencies: sudo pacman -Rs package

• Search the database for packages containing a specific file: pacman -F "file_name"

• List installed packages and versions: pacman -Q

• List only the explicitly installed packages and versions: pacman -Qe

• List orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not actually required by any package): pacman -Qtdq

• Empty the entire pacman cache: sudo pacman -Scc

• List only the explicitly installed packages and versions through the AUR: pacman -Qm

configure pacman

sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

is use those configurations

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
ILoveCandy
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5

aliases i use

alias pi='sudo pacman -S $1'
alias psearch='sudo pacman -Ss $1'
alias pr='sudo pacman -R $1'
alias prs='sudo pacman -Rs $1'
alias prns='sudo pacman -Rns $1'
alias pu='sudo pacman -Syu'
alias pl='sudo pacman -Qe'
alias pw='sudo pacman -Qi $1'        # info about a package
alias cleanup='prns $(pacman -Qtdq)' # remove orphaned packages
alias dop='sudo pacman -Sc' # delete old packages

update the mirror list

I just use this command after i install the rate-mirrors package

rate-mirrors --allow-root --protocol https arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

advices

just use an AUR helper like Yay

resources

• Using Pacman on Arch Linux: Everything you need to know