Pacman cheatsheet
Common commands Command Description pacman -Syu <pkg> Install (and update package list) pacman -S <pkg> Install only pacman -Rsc <pkg> Uninstall pacman -Ss <keywords> Search pacman -Syu Upgrade everything Query Command Description pacman -Qe List explictly-installed packages pacman -Ql <pkg> What files does this package have? pacman -Qii <pkg> List information on package pacman -Qo <file> Who owns this file? pacman -Qs <query> Search installed packages for keywords Orphans Command Description pacman -Qdt List unneeded packages pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq) Uninstall unneeded packages Avoid orphans by using pacman -Rsc to remove packages, which will remove unneeded dependencies.