Difference between revisions of "Pacman Overview"
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Pacman is a <u>'''pac'''</u>kage <u>'''man'''</u>ager used in Manjaro Linux, mainly developed by the Arch Linux developers. It is used to install, upgrade, configure and remove software (i.e. to manage software packages). Pacman is used through typing commands terminal; all the commands listed below to undertake various tasks assume that you have your terminal open. | Pacman is a <u>'''pac'''</u>kage <u>'''man'''</u>ager used in Manjaro Linux, mainly developed by the Arch Linux developers. It is used to install, upgrade, configure and remove software (i.e. to manage software packages). Pacman is used through typing commands terminal; all the commands listed below to undertake various tasks assume that you have your terminal open. | ||
= Updating the System = | = Updating the System = | ||
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See '''[[Orphan Package Removal]]''' for a more detailed exposition of this topic. | See '''[[Orphan Package Removal]]''' for a more detailed exposition of this topic. | ||
= Downloading and Installing Software Packages = | = Downloading and Installing Software Packages = | ||
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pacman -U http://www.examplepackage/repo/examplepkg.tar.xz | pacman -U http://www.examplepackage/repo/examplepkg.tar.xz | ||
= Removing Applications and Software Packages = | = Removing Applications and Software Packages = | ||