CheatSheet

CheatSheet for Manjaro

The original startet with a thread at https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-cli-cheat-sheet/101305/3

Locating and Installing Packages

Update mirrorlist with the fastest mirrors

user $ sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && sudo pacman -Syyu COPY TO CLIPBOARD

root # pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && pacman -Syyu COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check if updates are available

user $ pamac checkupdates -a COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Update all installed packages

user $ pamac upgrade -a COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Search available packages

user $ pamac search [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Install packages

user $ pamac install [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Uninstall packages

user $ pamac remove [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Maintenance

Generate cache list

user $ du -sh ~/.cache/* COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Purge files not accessed in 100 days

user $ find ~/.cache/ -type f -atime +100 -delete COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Report journal current size

user $ journalctl --disk-usage COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove but recent entries by size or time

user $ journalctl --vacuum-size=50M COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $ journalctl --vacuum-time=2weeks COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check for orphaned packages

user $ pamac list -o COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove all orphans

user $ pamac remove -o COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove all packages except the latest 3 versions

user $ pamac clean --keep 3 COPY TO CLIPBOARD

AUR

Search for packages

user $ pamac search -a [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Build the package

user $ pamac build [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Access rights

Executes command as root

user $ sudo [command] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Empties password cache

user $ sudo -k COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Edits /etc/sudoers

user $ sudo visudo COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Changes user password

user $ passwd COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Changes owner and group of file

user $ chown [owner]:[group] -c [file] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Changes the file permissions

user $ chmod [permissions] -c [file] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Set permissions in octal mode: 4(read) 2(write) 1(execute)

Example: 755 read-write-execute for owner and read-execute for group and others

Displays files and permissions [of directory]

user $ ls -lh [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Files and Directories

changes the working directory

user $ cd [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

changes to the parent directory

user $ cd .. COPY TO CLIPBOARD

lists directory contents

user $ ls -l COPY TO CLIPBOARD

also lists the hidden files

user $ ls -la COPY TO CLIPBOARD

copies the file

user $ cp [file] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

copies the directory

user $ cp -r [directory] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

move/rename target source

user $ mv [source] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

removes directory recursively

user $ rm -r [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

create symbolic link

user $ ln -s [target] [link] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

mounts file system

user $ mount -t [type] [/dev/sdx9] [mountpoint] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

mounts iso image

user $ mount -o loop [iso] [mountpoint] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

home directory of user

user $ cd /home/$USER COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $ cd ~ COPY TO CLIPBOARD

directory with global configurations

user $ cd /etc COPY TO CLIPBOARD

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