Getting Started with Arch Linux 06 - Managing Packages
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Overview
In the sixth video of the Arch Linux series, we look more closely at installing packages with pacman.
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Commands Used in this Video
Search for a package
pacman -Ss <search-term>
Install a package
pacman -S <package>
Remove a package
pacman -R <package>
Update installed packages
pacman -Syu
View contents of the mirrorlist file
cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Backup current mirrorlist file
cd /etc/pacman.d sudo cp mirrorlist mirrorlist.bak
Empty current mirrorlist file (use with care)
sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Update repository index (after updating mirrorlist file)
sudo pacman -Syyy