# All the following command work as well with multiple package names # To search for a package pacman -Ss # To update the local package base and upgrade all out of date packages pacman -Suy # To install a package pacman -S # To uninstall a package pacman -R # To uninstall a package and his depedencies, removing all new orphans pacman -Rcs # To get informations about a package pacman -Si # To install a package from builded package file (.tar.xz) pacman -U # To list the commands provided by an installed package pacman -Ql nvidia-utils | sed -n -e 's/.*\/bin\///p' | tail -n +2 # To list explicitly installed packages pacman -Qe # To list orphan packages (installed as dependencies and not required anymore) pacman -Qdt