Package manager

pacman in a sentence

CachyOS uses pacman to manage software from its repositories. It follows the Arch package format while adding CachyOS repositories and optimisations.

The commands you’ll use most

Update CachyOS

Update the package databases and all installed packages together.

sudo pacman -Syu

Find a package

Search the repositories by name or description.

pacman -Ss package-name

pacman info

See a package’s details before installing it.

pacman -Si package-name

Install a package

Install a package by its name.

sudo pacman -S package-name

Remove a package

Remove a package and unused dependencies.

sudo pacman -Rns package-name