paru Command Examples

An AUR helper and pacman wrapper. More information: https://github.com/Morganamilo/paru.

• Interactively search for and install a package:

paru {{package_name_or_search_term}}

• Synchronize and update all packages:

paru

• Upgrade AUR packages:

paru -Sua

• Get information about a package:

paru -Si {{package}}

• Download PKGBUILD and other package source files from the AUR or ABS:

paru --getpkgbuild {{package}}

• Display the PKGBUILD file of a package:

paru --getpkgbuild --print {{package}}