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Pacman
Usage
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
pacman -Syu | Update all packages |
pacman -S package | Install new package |
pacman -Rs package | Remove a package. Add -c for cascade, -u for group of packages |
pacman -Qtdq | pacman -Rns - | Remove orphaned packages |
pacman -Qe | List all packages explicitly installed |
pacman -Qet | List all packages explicitly installed and not required as dependencies (required + optional) |
pacman -Qett | List all packages explicitly installed and not required as dependencies (required only) |
pacman -Qi package | Check information of a package that is installed. |
pacman -Si package | Check information of a package that may not be installed. |
Check packages explicitly installed but required dependency at the same time.
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diff -y (pacman -Qqett | psub) (pacman -Qqe | psub)Configuration
Parallel downloads
Edit /etc/pacman.conf:
ini
ParallelDownloads = 10Update mirrors
Choose nearby, sort by speed and remove out-of-sync mirrors. Example command to generate a good /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
shell
curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=CN&country=JP&country=TW&protocol=https&ip_version=4&use_mirror_status=on" | \
sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | \
rankmirrors -AUR
shell
makepkg -sicr| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-s | Syncronize and install dependencies with pacman |
-i | Install |
-c | Clean build files |
-r | Remove dependencies installed by -s |