====== Arch / Artix Linux ======

Use "yay" instead of yaourt! yaourt is outdated.
([[https://github.com/Jguer/yay]])

===== Install Yay =====

[[https://itsfoss.com/install-yay-arch-linux/|Install and Use Yay on Arch Linux]]


===== Useful commands =====

==== Remove unneeded dependencies using pacman ====

<code>pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)</code>

==== Remove unneeded dependencies using yay ====

<code>yay -Yc</code>

==== Install local pkg.tar in Arch Linux ====

<code>pacman -U .pkg.tar.gz or .pkg.tar.xz</code>

==== Create a list of user installed packages without dependencies ====

=== Without AUR packages ===

<code>pacman -Qqen > pkglist.txt</code>

=== Only AUR packages ===

<code>pacman -Qqem > pkglist_aur.txt</code>

==== Install packages with Yay from a list contained in a text file created with the command above ====

<code>yay -S --needed - < pkglist.txt</code>

Source: [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Migrate_installation_to_new_hardware]]

==== Check which package owns a file ====

<code>pacman -Qo file</code>


==== Check which package provides a file ====

<code>pacman -F file</code>

==== Show files of a package ====

<code>pacman -Ql package</code>

==== Remove a package from Pacman without deleting files ====

<code>pacman -R --dbonly package</code>

===== Links =====

  * [[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=95466|Getting a list of packages installed explicitly by me (excluding deps)]]
  * [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75498183/list-pacman-upgradable-packages-without-version|List pacman upgradable packages without "-version"]]
  * [[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76218|List AUR packages installed and only AUR packages]]