diff --git a/pages/linux/pacman-sync.md b/pages/linux/pacman-sync.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dffe02cac --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/pacman-sync.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# pacman --sync + +> Arch Linux package manager utility. +> More information: . + +- 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`