Package management on Arch Linux

pacman

Installing packages

pacman -S package   # Install a package
pacman -Syu         # Upgrade packages

Listing packages

pacman -Q           # all packages
pacman -Qe          # explicited installed
pacman -Qm          # extra packages. e.g. packages installed from the aur
pacman -Qdt         # orphans
pacman -Qk          # number of files per package
pacman -Qo file     # packages that own a file

Removing packages

pacman -R package                   # Remove a package
pacman -Qdtq | sudo pacman -R -     # Remove all orphans

Cleaning the pacman cache

pacman -Sc      # remove only packages that are not currently installed
pacman -Scc     # remove also currently installed packages

Searching for packages

pacman -Ss package

aura

Installing packages

pacman -A package   # Install a package from the AUR
pacman -Ayu         # Upgrade packages from the AUR

Inspecting PKGBUILD scripts

aura -Ap package                  # Print a PKGBUILD
aura -Ap package | bat -l=bash    # Add syntax highlighting using bat

Resources

• pacman - ArchWiki
• The Aura User Guide