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A Linux package manager, originally developed for the Arch Linux distribution.

The pacman package manager is a distribution agnostic binary package manager, originally developed for Arch Linux and now used by a number of different distributions.

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In Arch Linux how can I find out which package to install that will contain file X?

I'm looking for a package that provides a specific binary, so I can install it. how can I search to find out what packages provide this binary? (note: I know there's at least one tool that does this, but I have forgotten its name.)
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Pacman option to assume "yes" to every question?

When installing software in debian systems we can put something like this: sudo apt-get install -y chromium-browser that way the installation occurs automatically, whitout asking to confirm installation [Y/n]. Can i do the same with pacman?
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pacman "exists on filesystem" error

I ran sudo pacman -Syu and I got some interesting errors reading: error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) and a long list of files followed by exists in filesystem. Full output is here: http://ix.io/lLw It appears that many of…
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How do I force remove a package in Arch with pacman?

How do I force remove a package in Arch with pacman while other packages still depend upon it. pacman -R perl-libwww checking dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could…
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How to delete old packages installed by pacman in Arch Linux?

I have recently installed Arch Linux and found that I am eating away at a lot of storage relatively quickly. For whatever reason I have already used 17GB in just about 2 weeks. I do not have a great deal of software installed so I am led to believe…
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Recommended way of installing python packages on Arch

What's the recommended way of installing python packages on Arch? Searching for them on the AUR and installing them from there (or create a PKGBUILD file to make a package yourself) or using pip? I started off by installing stuff from pacman and the…
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sudo pacman -Syu fails with "error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)"

I am trying to update an Arch Linux installation: sudo pacman -Syu It goes on for a while and then starts to write error messages such as: (691/691) checking keys in keyring …
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Update only one package with pacman

Is there a way to update only selected programs in pacman? I'm running ArchLinux on my netbook, and the complete upgrade of my system takes up more temporary space than I have on my system, so I'd like to just update one program at a time
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Make package explicitly installed in pacman

I have a package that's installed on my PC as a dependency of another package. I would like to have the package explicitly installed, but without actually re-installing it, or downloading any files. Is this possible? I do not have any packages…
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List that contains the last installed / upgraded packages in Arch Linux

How can I get a list of packages, that last installed / upgraded by pacman / yaourt in Arch Linux including the timestamp?
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List all packages that depend on a certain package with pacman

I have two packages which are in conflict after installing a new one with pacman on arch. How can I list all installed packages that are depending on the ones in conflict? Or more general: How can I list all installed packages that are depending on…
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Get info about installed and remote packages with pacman

I'm using pacman 5.0.1 on Arch Linux and I'd like to get information about packages installed on my machine as well as packages in the remote repositories. Information should include a description of the package, its size, and its build date.
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Pip vs Package Manager for handling Python Packages

Python packages are frequently hosted in many distribution's repositories. After reading this tutorial, specifically the section titled "Do you really want to do this" I have avoided using pip and preferred to use the system repository, only…
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How to deal with missing libcrypt.so.1 on Arch Linux?

How do you deal with a missing libcrypt.so.1 on Arch Linux? Trying to run openoffice4 (the LibreOffice binary) results in: /opt/openoffice4/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such…
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Arch Linux pacman error: failed retrieving file

I just installed Arch Linux today. I am trying to install elinks using pacman -S elinks And I get a long, long list of: error: failed retrieving file 'elinks-0.13-17-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from some.mirror : Could not resolve host: some.mirror The same…
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