pacman "cheat sheet"
Allin Cottrell, 2017-12-05

# list installed packages with their versions
pacman -Q

# list installed packages without their version info
pacman -Qq

# sync (install, reinstall or upgrade) <pkg> from repository
pacman -S <pkg>

# install (upgrade) package using local <pkgfile>
pacman -U <pkgfile>

# update all installed packages, as needed
pacman -Syu

# remove an installed package
pacman -R <pkg>

# get listing of files owned by <pkg>
pacman -Ql <pkg>

# list "orphaned" packages (unused dependencies)
pacman -Qtdq

# remove all "orphaned" packages
pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)

# query repository for packages providing <content>
pacman -Ss <content>