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.
- 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