Package Manager (pacman)

Update and Upgrade

Update package list

    sudo pacman -Syy

Update and upgrade all

    sudo pacman -Syu

Update and upgrade aur packages

    yaourt -Syu --aur

Update and upgrade yaourt packages

    yaourt -Syua

Get distro version

    lsb_release -a

Install or find Package

Install specific package

    sudo pacman -S pkgname

Find available packages

    sudo pacman -Ss keyword

Find available local packages

    sudo pacman -Qs keyword

Show packages of group xorg

    pacman -Sg xorg

List all files from package

    pacman -Ql pkgname

Pacman log file

    /var/log/pacman.log

Remove Package

Remove only a package

    pacman -R package_name

To remove a package and its dependencies which are not required by any other installed package

    sudo pacman -Rs package_name

List all packages no longer required as dependencies

    sudo pacman -Qdt

Clean package cache

    pacman -Sc

Screen recording

    gtk-recordmydesktop

Mount iso file

    fuseiso -p  testimage.iso testimagemountpoint

To unmount

    fusermount -u <mountpoint>

Get IP address

    ip addr

Operators

used like	Specifications
-D, –database	Operate on the package database
-Q, –query	Query the package database
-R, –remove	Remove package(s) from the system
-S, –sync	Synchr­onize packages
-T, –deptest	Check depend­encies
-U, –upgrade	Upgrade or add package(s) to the system
-F, –files	Query the files database
-V, –version	Display version and exit
-h, –help	Display syntax for the given operation

Options

used like	Specifications
-b, –dbpath	Specify an altern­ative database location
-r, –root	Specify an altern­ative instal­lation root
-v, –verbose	Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs
–arch <ar­ch>	Specify an alternate archit­ecture
–cachedir <di­r>	Specify al altern­ative package cache location
–color <wh­en>	Specify when to enable coloring
–config <fi­le>	Specify an alternate config­uration file
–debug	Display debug messages
–gpgdir <di­r>	Specify a directory of files used by GnuPG to verify package signatures
–hookdir <di­r>	Specify an alternate directory containing hook files
–logfile <fi­le>	Specify an alternate log file
–noco­nfirm	Bypass any and all “Are you sure?” messages
–confirm	Cancels the effects of a previous –noco­nfirm
–disa­ble­-do­wnl­oad­-ti­meout	Disable defaults for low speed limit and timeout on downloads
–sysroot <di­r>	Specify an altern­ative system root