pacman

> Arch Linux package manager utility.

> Some subcommands such as `pacman sync` have their own usage documentation.

Synchronize and update all packages:

sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade

Install a new package:

sudo pacman --sync {package_name}

Remove a package and its dependencies:

sudo pacman --remove --recursive {package_name}

Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword:

pacman --sync --search "{search_pattern}"

List installed packages and versions:

pacman --query

List only the explicitly installed packages and versions:

pacman --query --explicit

List orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not actually required by any package):

pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet

Empty the entire pacman cache:

sudo pacman --sync --clean --clean

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