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[[Image:pacman_arch.png|frame|right|The pacman logo]]
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Pacman is the official [[software package]] manager for the [[Linux distribution]] [[Arch Linux]]. Currently Pacman is at version 2.9.
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Pacman uses [[Tar file format|.tar]] [[.gz]] for all of the packages. Each of these packages contains a compiled [[executable|binary]] built for the [[i686]] platform. Pacman is also capable of resolving dependencies and automatically downloading and installing all necessary packages on to the local system.
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[[Category:Linux package management-related software]]
Pacman is an extremely powerful package management system that is very easy to learn when adopting Arch Linux. This follows the philosophy of [[Arch Linux]], which is to have power and manageability while still maintaining simplicity. In theory a system would only need to supply the command "pacman -Syu" regularly to have a complete updated system all the time. Compared to [[rpm]], pacman is very easy.
== Common Commands ==
'''pacman -Q''' - lists all the files installed with pacman or determines if the package supplied as an argument is installed
'''pacman -S''' - retrieves the package(s) supplied as an argument
'''pacman -R''' - removes the package(s) supplied as an argument
'''pacman -Sy''' - updates pacmans cached lists of the repositories
'''pacman -U''' - upgrades pacmans cached lists of the repositories
'''pacman -Syu''' - upgrades all packages if a new version is found in the repositories
'''pacman -Sg''' - prints all available package groups
'''pacman -A''' - assembles the package specified, this is often done after a package is built by ABS (Arch Build System)
== External links ==
* [http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arch-install-guide.html#packages Arch Linux Documentation]
* [http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.8.html Pacman Man Page]
* [http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php Official Arch Linux Repositories]
* [http://tur.archlinux.org/ Unofficial Arch Linux Repositories]
* [http://aur.archlinux.org/ ArchLinux User-community Repository (AUR)]
* [http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/ The Pacman website]
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