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pactrans — Install, remove, and upgrade ALPM packages. See also: `pacinstall`, `pacremove`. More information: <

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Problem

How to use the pactrans command: Install, remove, and upgrade ALPM packages. See also: pacinstall, pacremove. More information: <https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils/blob/master/doc/pactrans.pod>.

Solution

pactrans — Install, remove, and upgrade ALPM packages. See also: pacinstall, pacremove. More information: <https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils/blob/master/doc/pactrans.pod>.

Install a package from a repository:

sudo pactrans --install {{package_name}}

Remove a package:

sudo pactrans --remove {{package_name}}

Upgrade all installed packages:

sudo pactrans --sysupgrade

Install a package file:

sudo pactrans --file {{path/to/package.pkg.tar.zst}}

Replace a locally installed package with a package from a repository:

sudo pactrans local/{{package_to_remove}} {{repository_name}}/{{package_to_install}}

Print what the transaction would do without performing it:

pactrans --print-only --install {{package_name}}

Code Snippets

Install a package from a repository

sudo pactrans --install {{package_name}}

Remove a package

sudo pactrans --remove {{package_name}}

Upgrade all installed packages

sudo pactrans --sysupgrade

Install a package file

sudo pactrans --file {{path/to/package.pkg.tar.zst}}

Replace a locally installed package with a package from a repository

sudo pactrans local/{{package_to_remove}} {{repository_name}}/{{package_to_install}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pactrans

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