aur-pacman

name	aur-pacman
description	Manage packages with pacman on Arch Linux. Covers install, remove, query, search, and cache management. Use when installing, removing, querying, or troubleshooting packages on an Arch system.
license	MIT

Skill: aur-pacman

Purpose

Manage Arch Linux packages with pacman — the package manager.

Basic Operations

pacman -Syu              # full system update
pacman -S pkgname        # install package
pacman -R pkgname        # remove package
pacman -Rs pkgname       # remove + unused dependencies
pacman -U /path/to/pkg.tar.zst  # install local file

Search & Query

pacman -Ss keyword       # search remote repos
pacman -Qs keyword       # search installed packages
pacman -Si pkgname       # remote package info
pacman -Qi pkgname       # installed package info
pacman -Ql pkgname       # files owned by package
pacman -Qo /path/file    # which package owns file
pacman -Fl pattern       # files in remote package (requires pkgfile)
pacman -Qdt              # orphaned packages
pacman -Qmq              # foreign packages (typically AUR)

Cache Management

paccache -r              # remove old cached versions (keep last 3)
pacman -Sc               # remove unused cached packages
pacman -Scc              # clean everything from cache

Useful Flags

• --noconfirm — skip prompts
• --needed — don't reinstall up-to-date packages
• --overwrite glob — overwrite conflicting files
• --print — print what would be done (dry run)

Database

pacman -Syy              # force refresh all databases
pacman-key --init        # initialize keyring
pacman-key --populate    # load default keys

Related

• aur-helpers — yay, paru wrappers