pacman Command Examples

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman-sync, pacman-remove, pacman-query, pacman-upgrade, pacman-files, pacman-database, pacman-deptest, pacman-key, pacman-mirrors. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://manned.org/pacman.8.

• [S]ynchronize and update all packages:

sudo pacman -Syu

• Install a new package:

sudo pacman -S {{package}}

• [R]emove a package and its dependencies:

sudo pacman -Rs {{package}}

• Search ([s]) the package database for a regular expression or keyword:

pacman -Ss "{{search_pattern}}"

• Search the database for packages containing a specific [F]ile:

pacman -F "{{file_name}}"

• List only the [e]xplicitly installed packages and versions:

pacman -Qe

• List orphan packages (installed as [d]ependencies but not actually required by any package):

pacman -Qtdq

• Empty the entire pacman cache:

sudo pacman -Scc