pacman <operation> [options] [targets]
[target] is usually a package name, file name, URL or a search string. -D | --database | Modify certain attributes of the installed packages in pacman’s database or check the databases for internal consistency. |
-Q | --query | View installed packages and their files and its meta-information (dependencies, conflicts, install date, build date, size). |
-R | --remove | Remove one or more packages or groups from the system. |
-S | --sync | Synchronize packages: install them directly from the remote repositories. For example, pacman -S qt will download and install qt and all the packages it depends on. |
-T | --deptest | Check dependencies; return a list of dependencies that are not currently satisfied. |
-U | --upgrade | Upgrade or add package(s), a remove-then-add process. |
-F | --files | Query the files database: find packages with certain files or display files owned by certain packages. Only packages in the sync databases are searched. |
-V | --version | |
-h | --help |
--dbpath <path> | -b | Specifies an alternative database location (default is /var/cache/pacman/pkg). |
--root <path> | -r | Specifies an alternative installation root (default is /). For example used to install software to /usr/local rather than /usr. |
--verbose | -v | Output paths such as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. |
--arch <arch> | Specifies an alternate architecture. | |
--cachedir <dir> | Specifies an alternative package cache location (the default is /var/cache/pacman/pkg). | |
--color <when> | Specifies when to enable coloring. Valid options are always, never or auto. | |
--config <file> | Specifies an alternate configuration file. | |
--debug | Display debug messages, recommended when reporting bugs. | |
--gpgdir <dir> | Specifies a directory of files used by GnuPG to verify package signatures (default is /Linux/fhs/etc/pacman.d/gnupg). | |
--hookdir <dir> | Specifies a alternative directory containing hook files (the default is /etc/pacman.d/hooks). | |
--logfile <file> | Specifies an alternate log file. | |
--noconfirm | Bypass any and all Are you sure? questions by assuming user has used default answer (which is not necessarily Yes) | |
--confirm | Cancels the effects of a previous --noconfirm. | |
--disable-download-timeout | Disable defaults for low speed limit and timeout on downloads. Use this if you have issues downloading files with proxy and/or security gateway. | |
--sysroot <dir> | Specifies an alternative system root. Pacman will chroot and chdir into the system root prior to running. This allows mounted guest systems to be properly operated on. |
-S, -R and -U. --nodeps | -d | Skips dependency version checks. Compare with --asume-installed |
--assume-installed <package=version> | Add a virtual package "package" with version "version" to the transaction to satisfy dependencies. Compare with --nodeps | |
--dbonly | Adds/removes the database entry only, leaving all files in place. | |
--noprogressbar | Do not show a progress bar when downloading files. Typically used in scripts where output is caputured. | |
--noscriptlet | If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it. | |
--print | -p | Only print the targets instead of performing the actual operation. |
--print-format <format> | Specify a printf-like format to control the output of the --print operation. |
-S and -U. --downloadonly | -w | Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade anything. |
--asdeps | Install packages non-explicitly. | |
--asexplicit | Install packages explicitly. | |
--ignore <package> | Ignores upgrades of package even if there is one available. | |
--ignoregroup <group> | Ignore upgrades of all packages in group, even if there is one available. | |
--needed | Do not reinstall the targets that are already up-to-date. This flag is especially useful when installing the base-devel group. | |
--overwrite <glob> | Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. |
-Q --changelog | -c | View the ChangeLog of a package if it exists. |
--deps | -d | Restrict or filter output to packages installed as dependencies. This option can be combined with -t for listing real orphans - packages that were installed as dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package. |
--explicit | -e | Restrict or filter output to explicitly installed packages. Combine with -t to list explicitly installed packages that are not required by any other package. |
--groups | -g | Display all packages that are members of a named group. |
--info | -i | Display information on a given package. |
--check | -k | Check that all files owned by the given package(s) are present on the system. |
--list | -l | List all files owned by a given package. |
--foreign | -m | Restrict or filter output to packages that were not found in the sync database(s). Typically these are packages that were downloaded manually and installed with --upgrade. |
--native | -n | Inverse of --foreign |
--owns <file> | -o | Search for packages that own the specified file(s). |
--file | -p | Signifies that the package supplied on the command line is a file and not an entry in the database; useful in combination with --info and --list. |
--quiet | -q | |
--search <regexp> | -s | Search each locally-installed package for names or descriptions that match regexp. |
--unrequired | -t | |
--upgrades | -u |
-R --cascade | -c | Recusively remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on one or more target packages. |
--nosave | -n | Ignores file backup designations: a removed file is not archived with .pacsave extension. |
--recursive | -s | |
--unneeded | -u | Removes targets that are not required by any other packages, useful when removing a group without using the -c option to avoid breaking any dependencies. |
--clean | -c | Remove packages that are no longer installed from the cache as well as currently unused sync databases |
--groups | -g | Display all the members for each package group specified. |
--info | -i | Display information on a given sync database package. |
--list | -l | List all packages in the specified repositories. |
--quiet | -q | |
--search <regexp> | -s | This will search each package in the sync databases for names or descriptions that match regexp. |
--sysupgrade | -u | Upgrades all packages that are out-of-date. Option can be doubled (pacman -Suu) to enable package downgrades. |
--refresh | -y | Download a fresh copy of the master package database from the server(s) defined in pacman.conf(5), typically used when using --sysupgrade. Doubling the option (pacman -Syy) forces a refresh of all package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date |
-D --asdeps <package> | Mark a package as non-explicitly installed. | |
--asexplicit <package> | Mark a package as explicitly installed. | |
--check | -k | Check the local package database is internally consistent. |
--quiet | -q |
-F --refresh | -y | Download fresh package databases from the server. Use twice to force a refresh even if databases are up to date. |
--list | -l | List the files owned by the queried package. |
--regex | -x | Interpret each query as a regular expression. |
--quiet | -q | |
--machinereadable | Print each match in a machine readable output format. The format is repository\0pkgname\0pkgver\0path\n with \0 being the NULL character and \n a linefeed. |
pacman -Ss smalltalk
pkgfile is a tool for searching files from packages in the official repositories. pkgfile must be installed: sudo pacman -S pkgfile
/var/cache/pkgfile): pkgfile -u
pkgfile Date.pm
pkgfile does not find a package, there's a chance that it can be found on the AUR. pacman -Sy pacman-mirrorlist pacman -Syu (-S = Synchronize packages, -y = Refresh master package database (as defined in /etc/pacman.conf), -u = restrict to out of date packages) pacman -Syu returns an error: … signature from … is unknown trust, executing pacman -key --refresh-keys might help. makepkg cannot be run as root to prevent damages of the system. makepkg should be in the sudoers file. PKGBUILD (the package description) and systemd units) are obtained/downloaded to the computer
PKGBUILD) does not contain malicious code.
makepkg in the directory of the downloaded files. This will download the code, compile it and create a package.
pacman -U package_file to install the created package. /etc/makepkg.conf configures the build process.