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pacman --database — Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. See

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Problem

How to use the pacman --database command: Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. See also: pacman. More information: <https://manned.org/pacman.8>.

Solution

pacman --database — Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. See also: pacman. More information: <https://manned.org/pacman.8>.

Mark a package as implicitly installed:
sudo pacman -D --asdeps {{package}}


Mark a package as explicitly installed:
sudo pacman -D --asexplicit {{package}}


Chec[k] that all the package dependencies are installed:
pacman -Dk


Chec[k] the sync [D]atabase to ensure all specified dependencies of downloadable packages are available:
pacman -Dkk


Chec[k] and display in [q]uiet mode (only error messages are displayed):
pacman -Dkq


Display [h]elp:
pacman -Dh

Code Snippets

Mark a package as implicitly installed

sudo pacman -D --asdeps {{package}}

Mark a package as explicitly installed

sudo pacman -D --asexplicit {{package}}

Chec[k] that all the package dependencies are installed

pacman -Dk

Chec[k] the sync [D]atabase to ensure all specified dependencies of downloadable packages are available

pacman -Dkk

Chec[k] and display in [q]uiet mode (only error messages are displayed)

pacman -Dkq

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