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ArchLinux package managers: pacman, pamac

pacman

Set pacman mirrors

pacman-mirrors -id

List installed packages

pacman -Q 

Search package by name

pacman -Sq {search-string}

Install package

pacman -S {package} {...}

Remove package

pacman -R {package} {...}

Search file in package

pacman -Qo {file-name}

Clear cache

pacman -Scc

Upgrade all installed packages

pacman -Syu

pamac

Install pamac

pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpamac-aur.git
cd libpamac-aur
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pamac-aur.git
cd pamac-aur
makepkg -si

Clear cache

pamac clean -b