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ArchLinux package managers: pacman, pamac

pacman

Vendor: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Other_Usage>

Set pacman mirrors 

pacman-mirrors -id

Update database 

pacman -Syy

Clear cache 

pacman -Scc

Upgrade all installed packages 

pacman -Syu

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}

To list all packages no longer required as dependencies (orphans): 

pacman -Qdt

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


pamac list --orphans

pamac remove --orphans