pacman --sync
Arch Linux package manager utility. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.
- Install a new package:
sudo pacman --sync {{package_name}}
- Synchronize and update all packages (add
--downloadonly
to download the packages and not update them):sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade
- Update all packages and install a new one without prompting:
sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade --noconfirm {{package_name}}
- Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:
pacman --sync --search "{{search_pattern}}"
- Display information about a package:
pacman --sync --info {{package_name}}
- Overwrite conflicting files during a package update:
sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade --overwrite {{path/to/file}}
- Synchronize and update all packages, but ignore a specific package (can be used more than once):
sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade --ignore {{package_name}}
- Remove not installed packages and unused repositories from the cache (use two
--clean
flags to clean all packages):sudo pacman --sync --clean
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