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@ -189,19 +189,29 @@ Use `firejail` to sandbox a program or other piece of software. This ensures tha
- Remove all symbolic links to firejail: `firecfg --clean`
- Verify that firejail is being used for a particular program: `firejail --list`
### Pacaur
### Pacman
Although the examples above use `pacman`, they apply for `pacaur` as well.
Although the examples below use `pacman`, they apply for `yay` as well.
- Install packages: `pacman -S <packages>`
- Remove packages (including dependencies no longer needed): `pacman -Rs <packages>`
- Update all packages: `pacman -Syu`
- Search for a specific package: `pacman -Ss <package>`
- List all self-installed packages (i.e. from the AUR): `pacman -Qm`
- List all installed packages: `pacman -Q`
- List all the packages installed as dependencies: `pacman -Qd`
- List all self-installed packages (i.e. from the AUR): `pacman -Qm`
- Display information about a specific package: `pacman -Qi <package>`
- List all the files owned by a specific package: `pacman -Ql <package>`
- Install a package from a local file: `pacman -U /path/to/pkg.ar.gz`
Note that if you ever get 404s with `pacman` or `pacaur`, you need to update your local database to the new download locations with `-Syu` first.
Note that if you ever get 404s with `pacman` or `yay`, you need to update your local database to the new download locations with `-Syu` first.
### Other Pacman Variants
#### Yay-specific Commands
- Remove unneeded dependencies: `yay -Cd`
- Show statistics about installed packages: `yay -Qstats`
#### Other Pacman Variants
- View the dependencies of a package in tree format: `pactree -c <package>`
- Add `-d 1` to limit the depth of the tree to one level deep