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pacman --database

Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.

• Display help:
   
  pacman --database --help
   
• Mark a package as implicitly installed:
   
  sudo pacman --database --asdeps {{package_name}}
   
• Mark a package as explicitly installed:
   
  sudo pacman --database --asexplicit {{package_name}}
   
• Check that all the package dependencies are installed:
   
  pacman --database --check
   
• Check the repositories to ensure all specified dependencies are available:
   
  pacman --database --check --check
   
• Display only error messages:
   
  pacman --database --check --quiet