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     2 ========================

     3  pacman package manager

     4 ========================

     5 .. contents::

     6    :local:

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     8 Documentation

     9 =============

    10 

    11 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman

    12   Arch wiki.

    13 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks

    14   Tips & tricks.

    15 https://www.msys2.org/docs/package-management/

    16   MSYS2 / Mingw64 package management with pacman.

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    18 Package management

    19 ==================

    20 

    21 List installed packages::

    22 

    23   pacman -Q

    24 

    25 Info about a package::

    26 

    27   pacman -Qi $NAME

    28 

    29 Finding dependencies of a package::

    30 

    31   pactree $PKG

    32 

    33 Install a package::

    34 

    35   $ pacman -Ss $NAME

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    37 Update system::

    38 

    39   pacman -Syy

    40 

    41 Upgrade system::

    42 

    43   pacman -Syu

    44 

    45 Remove a package::

    46 

    47   pacman -R $NAME

    48 

    49 Remove a package with unused dependencies::

    50 

    51   pacman -Rs $NAME

    52 

    53 Remove a package with all dependencies::

    54 

    55   pacman -Rcns $NAME

    56 

    57 Download a package::

    58 

    59   pacman -Sw $PKG

    60 

    61 Install a package from a file::

    62 

    63    pacman -U $PKG.zst

    64    pacman -U $PKG.tar.xz

    65 

    66 Search for a package

    67 ====================

    68 

    69 By name among remote available packages::

    70 

    71   pacman -Ss $REGEX

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    73 Among already installed::

    74 

    75   pacman -Qs $NAME

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    77 To search for a package by a file name among installed packages::

    78 

    79   pacman -Qo $FULL_PATH

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    81 To search for a package by a file name in remote packages::

    82 

    83   pacman -F $NAME

    84 

    85 To weaken search for packages with a given subscring in a file name::

    86 

    87   pacman -Fx $NAME

    88 

    89 To update file name package database::

    90 

    91   pacman -Fy

    92 

    93 To list files from a remote package::

    94 

    95   pacman -Fl $PKG

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