Translations:System Maintenance/23/en

• Always ensure your system is fully up-to-date before installing software.
• Don't downgrade packages, this will always result in a partial update scenario.
• Avoid using pacman -Sy or pacman -Syy. Instead update your database and packages at the same time with pacman -Syu or in case of change in mirrorlist pacman -Syyu
• Don't add packages to pacman's or pamac's ignore list.
• If you just want to check to see what updates are available use the command checkupdates. It provides a safe way to check for upgrades to installed packages without running a system update at the same time.
• When switching branches or switching mirrors always use pamac update --force-refresh or pacman -Syyu to ensure that the databases for your new mirrors are being used.