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* {{ic|pamac-tray-appindicator}} - A tray icon for KDE plasma

{{tip|Both the GTK and Qt Pamac packages will automatically install the CLI version as well}}

To install packages simply check check the box next to the packages.  Once you have selected all the packages all the packages you want to install, click the Apply button at the bottom of the page.

If any of the packages have optional dependencies(packages that enable additional functionality) you will see a window like the one to the left which allows to select the ones you would like to install.

After you have selected optional dependencies, you should see a windows similar to the one pictured on the left.  This lists all the packages that will be installed, upgraded or removed by the action.  Once you have reviewed the list, press the Apply button to install the packages.

Once you do you should see a screen similar to the one on the left which lists all the packages that are about to be removed.  You may notice this list contains more packages than you selected.  This is because when you remove a package that other packages depend on, those packages are also removed.

{{warning|It is extremely important to carefully review the Transaction Summary before accepting the package removal.  Some packages have many packages which depend on them and you don't want to inadvertently remove your whole Desktop Environment}}

The General tab of preferences contains several settings, most of which are self explanatory.

* Check for updates - Disabling this will stop Pamac from looking for updates.  In most cases, turning this off on a [[The Rolling Release Development Model|rolling release]] distro like Manjaro is a bad idea.

The "Build directory" is where AUR packages will be built.  Using "tmp" usually will provide the best performance but very large packages may fail to build.  In this case, select somewhere with more available space.

When Pamac installs packages, it keeps a copy of all the old packages you have downloaded.  This cache can be very useful if you have to download packages in an emergency.  However, left unchecked, this cache will grow very large over time.  These preferences allow your cache to be automatically managed based on your preferences.

The first option allows you to set a number for how many copies of each package are retained.  In other words, if you have downloaded 25 versions of firefox over the life of your install and you set this number to "3", only the most recent 3 versions will be retained.  Unless you are very short on disk space, it is recommended to set this to at least 2.

By selecting "Remove only the versions of uninstalled packages" pamac will retain all versions of packages you still have installed.

Pamac also includes a fully functional CLI for when you don't have a functional GUI or for those that prefer to manager packages that way.

smplayer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   [Installed] 19.5.0-1    community  

smplayer-skins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             [Installed] 1:15.2.0-2  community  

smplayer-themes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           [Installed] 1:18.6.0-1  community  

smplayer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             [Installed] 19.5.0-1        community  

smplayer-skins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       [Installed] 1:15.2.0-2      community  

smplayer-themes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       [Installed] 1:18.6.0-1      community  

papirus-smplayer-theme-git                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       20181024-2       AUR  

smplayer-svn                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     17.12.0.r8852-1  AUR  

smplayer-svn-notitlebar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           18.3.0.r8982M-1  AUR  

smplayer-skins-svn                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               15.2.0.r8852-1   AUR  

smplayer-themes-svn                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               17.3.0.r8852-1   AUR  

smplayer-qt4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     18.5.0-1         AUR  

rosa-media-player-plugin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1.0-2           AUR  

smplayer-theme-faenza (Out of Date: 09/15/2017)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2-2             AUR  

umplayer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         0.98.2-2         AUR  

Once you have identified the packages you wish to install you can install them with command {{ic|pamac install}}.  For example, if we wanted to install {{ic|smplayer}} and {{ic|smplayer-themes}} we could use the command:

{{tip|When using install pamac will check to see if packages are installed and only install the ones not already installed}}

If you want to install packages from [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]] you use the command {{ic|pamac build}}.  Sticking with the above example, if you decided you wanted to install {{ic|umplayer}} instead you could the command:

The command {{ic|pamac remove}} can be used to uninstall packages installed from the repos or [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]].  For example if you wanted to remove all the packages installed above you could use the command:

{{warning|It is extremely important to carefully review the list of packages pamac presents before confirming.  Some packages have many packages which depend on them and you don't want to inadvertently remove your whole Desktop Environment}}

To display a list of all installed packages you can use the command:

To display detailed information on a package that is in the repos or installed on your system use the command {{ic|pamac info}}.  Keeping with our example:

If you also would like to check packages in [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]] you could use:

To check if updates are available you can use the command:

To update all installed packages installed from the repos or [[Arch_User_Repository|AUR]] you can use the command:

{{tip|pamac update and pamac upgrade are exactly the same.  You can use them interchangably.}}

To check to see if there any orphaned packages(packages which are no longer needed) installed you can use:

To force a package to be installed even if it is already installed use {{ic|pamac reinstall}}.  For example: