paclock — Lock/unlock the libalpm database (used by `pacman`) to prevent or allow simultaneous package managem

How to use the paclock command: Lock/unlock the libalpm database (used by pacman) to prevent or allow simultaneous package management operations. More information: <https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils/blob/master/doc/paclock.pod>.

paclock — Lock/unlock the libalpm database (used by pacman) to prevent or allow simultaneous package management operations. More information: <https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils/blob/master/doc/paclock.pod>.

Lock the database:

sudo paclock

Write the lock file path to stdout (without locking the database):

paclock --print

Unlock the database:

sudo paclock --unlock

Display help:

paclock --help

Display version:

paclock --version

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