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pacman

Arch Linux package manager utility. Some subcommands such as pacman sync have their own usage documentation. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.

• Synchronize and update all packages:

sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade

• Install a new package:

sudo pacman --sync {{package_name}}

• Remove a package and its dependencies:

sudo pacman --remove --recursive {{package_name}}

• Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:

pacman --sync --search "{{search_pattern}}"

• List installed packages and versions:

pacman --query

• List only the explicitly installed packages and versions:

pacman --query --explicit

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

pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet

• Empty the entire pacman cache:

sudo pacman --sync --clean --clean