arch
Arch Linux
Recently started using arch linux, seems like really cool distro.
Package Manager
it uses “pacman” as package manager.
Following is some use full commands.
pacman queries the local package database with the -Q flag.
$ pacman -Q --help
and queries the sync databases with the -S flag.
$ pacman -S --help
pacman can search for packages in the database, searching both in packages' names and descriptions.
$ pacman -Ss package
To search for already installed packages.
$ pacman -Qs package
To display extensive information about a given package.
$ pacman -Si package
for locally installed packages.
$ pacman -Qi package
To retrieve a list of the files installed by a package.
$ pacman -Ql package
One can also query the database to know which package a file on the file system belongs to.
$ pacman -Qo /path/to/a/file
To list all packages no longer required as dependencies (orphans).
$ pacman -Qdt
arch.txt · Last modified: 2020/08/10 02:35 by 127.0.0.1