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pacman --database

Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. See also: pacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.
  • Mark a package as implicitly installed:
    sudo pacman --database --asdeps {{package}}
  • Mark a package as explicitly installed:
    sudo pacman --database --asexplicit {{package}}
  • 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
  • Display help:
    pacman --database --help

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