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pacman --sync

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.
  • Install a new package:
    sudo pacman --sync {{package}}
  • 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}}
  • Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:
    pacman --sync --search "{{search_pattern}}"
  • Display information about a package:
    pacman --sync --info {{package}}
  • 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}}
  • Remove not installed packages and unused repositories from the cache (use two --clean flags to clean all packages):
    sudo pacman --sync --clean

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