pacman --query

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman. More information: https://manned.org/pacman.8.

• List installed packages and versions:

pacman --query

• List only packages and versions that were explicitly installed:

pacman --query --explicit

• Find which package owns a file:

pacman --query --owns {{filename}}

• Display information about an installed package:

pacman --query --info {{package}}

• List files owned by a package:

pacman --query --list {{package}}

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

pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet

• List installed packages not found in the repositories:

pacman --query --foreign

• List outdated packages:

pacman --query --upgrades