Linux Essentials: The pacman command
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Overview
In this episode of the Linux Essentials series, we look at the pacman command.
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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