expac Command Examples

A data extraction tool for alpm databases, offering printf-like flexibility for pacman-based utilities. See also: pacman. More information: https://github.com/falconindy/expac.

• List the dependencies of a package:

expac -S '%D' {{package}}

• List the optional dependencies of a package:

expac -S "%o" {{package}}

• List the download size of packages in MiB:

expac -S -H M '%k\t%n' {{package1 package2 ...}}

• List packages marked for upgrade with their download size:

expac -S -H M '%k\t%n' $(pacman -Qqu) | sort -sh

• List explicitly-installed packages with their optional dependencies:

expac -d '\n\n' -l '\n\t' -Q '%n\n\t%O' $(pacman -Qeq)