pacman

Arch Linux package manager utility. tldr-pages

On Linux

Linux

Arch Linux package manager utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>.

Synchronize and update all packages

sudo pacman -SyuIdentify

Install a new package

sudo pacman -S packageIdentify

Remove a package and its dependencies

sudo pacman -Rs packageIdentify

Search (s) the package database for a regex or keyword

pacman -Ss "search_pattern"Identify

Search the database for packages containing a specific File

pacman -F "file_name"Identify

List only the explicitly installed packages and versions

pacman -QeIdentify

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

pacman -QtdqIdentify

Empty the entire pacman cache

sudo pacman -SccIdentify