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--- arch_package_managers [2020/06/14 16:48] – created tmaier
+++ arch_package_managers [2024/03/18 07:58] (current) – [How to Install an AUR helper] tmaier
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 ====== Arch Package Managers ======
-===== AUR =====
+===== Pacman =====
+  * Upgrade everything: ''pacman -Syu''
+  * Install package: ''pacman -S <pkg>''
+  * Search packages: ''pacman -Ss <keywords>''
+  * Remove package
+    * ''pacman -Rsn <pkg>''
+    * ''pacman -Rsc <pkg>''
+  * Modified files in package: ''pacman -Qkk <pkg>''
+  * File list of package: ''pacman -Ql <pkg>''
+  * Which package owns a file: ''pacman -Qo <file>''
+  * What does pkg depend on: ''pactree <pkg>''
+  * What depends on pkg: ''pactree -r <pkg>''
+  * List unneeded packages: ''pacman -Qdt''
+  * List explictly-installed packages: ''pacman -Qe''
+  * List information on package: ''pacman -Qii <pkg>''
+  * Search installed packages for keywords: ''pacman -Qs <query>''
+  * Downgrade package: ''pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-5.7.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst ''
-==== How to Install an AUR helper ====
+===== Reflector =====
+''sudo reflector --verbose --latest 200 --country Germany --age 12 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist''
+===== How to Install an AUR helper =====
 === package-query ===
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 cd yay
 makepkg -si
+cd ..
 rm -rf yay/
 </code>
+===== Delete cached files =====
+==== pacman ====
+Deletes cached versions of installed and uninstalled packages, except for the most recent 2:
+<code>paccache -r -k2</code>
+Remove package cache and currently unused sync databases:
+<code>pacman -Sc</code>
+==== yay ====
+Remove cached AUR package and any untracked Files in the cache (caution: this command removes pacman caches as well):
+<code>yay -Scc</code>