Pacman

Commands

Common commands

Command	Description
`pacman -Syu <pkg>`	Install (and update package list)
`pacman -S <pkg>`	Install only
`pacman -Rsc <pkg>`	Uninstall
`pacman -Ss <keywords>`	Search
`pacman -Syu`	Upgrade everything

Query

Command	Description
`pacman -Qe`	List explictly-installed packages
`pacman -Ql <pkg>`	What files does this package have?
`pacman -Qii <pkg>`	List information on package
`pacman -Qo <file>`	Who owns this file?
`pacman -Qs <query>`	Search installed packages for keywords

Orphans

Command	Description
`pacman -Qdt`	List unneeded packages
`pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq)`	Uninstall unneeded packages

Avoid orphans by using pacman -Rsc to remove packages, which will remove unneeded dependencies.

Other

Command	Description
`pactree <pkg>`	What does pkg depend on?
`pactree -r <pkg>`	What depends on pkg?

References

Pacman tips and tricks (wiki.archlinux.org)

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