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pacman --sync

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman. More information: https://manned.org/pacman.8.

• Install a new package:

sudo pacman -S {{package}}

• [S]ynchronize and refresh ([y]) the package database along with a sys[u]pgrade (add --downloadonly to only download the packages and not update them):

sudo pacman -Syu

• Update and [u]pgrade all packages and install a new one without prompting:

sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm {{package}}

• Search ([s]) the package database for a regular expression or keyword:

pacman -Ss "{{search_pattern}}"

• Display [i]nformation about a package:

pacman -Si {{package}}

• Overwrite conflicting files during a package update:

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite {{path/to/file}}

• [S]ynchronize and [u]pdate all packages, but ignore a specific package (can be used more than once):

sudo pacman -Syu --ignore {{package1 package2 ...}}

• Remove not installed packages and unused repositories from the cache (use the flags Sc to [c]lean all packages):

sudo pacman -Sc