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>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pacman.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install pacman
Ubuntu
apt-get install pacman
Alpine
apk add pacman
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S pacman
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install pacman
Fedora
dnf install pacman
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pacman
Raspbian
apt-get install pacman
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pacman
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pacman pacman powered by Commando

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 -Syu
  • Install a new package:
    sudo pacman -S package_name
  • Remove a package and its dependencies:
    sudo pacman -Rs package_name
  • Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:
    pacman -Ss "search_pattern"
  • List installed packages and versions:
    pacman -Q
  • List only the explicitly installed packages and versions:
    pacman -Qe
  • List orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not actually required by any package):
    pacman -Qtdq
  • Empty the entire pacman cache:
    sudo pacman -Scc

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