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        <section><h1>Pacman Cheat Sheet For Ubuntu Users</h1><blockquote>Mon 24th August 2020 By David T. Sadler.</blockquote><p>As a regular Ubuntu user I am used to using apt for system maintenance. But now that I&#039;ve installed Arch Linux I will be using pacman and so below is a cheat sheet for myself that shows the pacman equivalent of some common apt actions.</p><pre>Action                     | Apt                            | Pacman                     |
---------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
Install a package          | apt install &lt;package name&gt;     | pacman -S &lt;package name&gt;   |
Remove a package           | apt remove &lt;package name&gt;      | pacman -Rs &lt;package name&gt;  |
Search for a package       | apt serch &lt;search term&gt;        | pacman -Ss &lt;regexp&gt;        |
Upgrade packages           | apt update &amp;&amp; apt upgrade      | pacman -Syu                |
Upgrade distribution       | apt update &amp;&amp; apt dist-upgrade | pacman -Syu                |
Clean up local caches      | apt autoclean                  | pacman -Scc                |
Remove unused dependencies | apt autoremove                 | pacman -Qmq | pacman -Rs - |</pre><h2>Install a Package</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --sync &lt;package name&gt;

$ pacman -S &lt;package name&gt;</code></pre><p>Installs a package and its dependencies.</p><h2>Remove a Package</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --remove --recursive &lt;package name&gt;

$ pacman -Rs &lt;package name&gt;</code></pre><p>Removes a package and all its dependencies, provided that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user.</p><h2>Search For a Package</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --sync --search &lt;regexp&gt;

$ pacman -Ss &lt;regexp&gt;</code></pre><p>Searches in the sync database for packages with a name or description that match the regexp.</p><h2>Upgrade Packages</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade

$ pacman -Syu</code></pre><p>Downloads a fresh copy of the master package database and then upgrades all out-of-date packages.</p><h2>Upgrade Distribution</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade

$ pacman -Syu</code></pre><p>Since Arch uses a rolling release system there is no distribution version as you just upgrade your packages to their latest versions.</p><h2>Clean Up Local Caches</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --sync --clean --clean

$ pacman -Scc</code></pre><p>Free up disk space by removing from the cache any packages that are no longer installed. Also removes any cached sync databases.</p><h2>Remove Used Dependencies</h2><pre><code class="shell">$ pacman --query --deps --unrequired --quiet | pacman --remove --recursive -

$ pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rs -</code></pre><p>Remove dependencies that are no longer needed, because e.g. the package which needed the dependencies was removed.</p><h3>Links</h3><a href="/posts/arch/2020-05-25/installing-arch-linux-on-a-x220-thinkpad/">Installing Arch Linux on a Thinkpad X220.</a><a href="/posts/arch/">Arch - Read More Posts.</a><p>I don&#039;t have comments as I don&#039;t want to manage them. You can however contact me at the below address if you want to.</p><a href="mailto:david@davidtsadler.com">Email david@davidtsadler.com</a><h3>License</h3><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">The contents of this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.</a><p>Copyright © 2021 David T. Sadler.</p><a href="/">Return to Homepage.</a></section>
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