Manage packages with the pacman package manager, which is used by Arch Linux and its variants.
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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force (added in 2.0)
| no |
| When removing package - force remove package, without any checks. When update_cache - force redownload repo databases. |
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name | no |
Name of the package to install, upgrade, or remove. aliases: pkg, package
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recurse (added in 1.3)
| no |
| When removing a package, also remove its dependencies, provided that they are not required by other packages and were not explicitly installed by a user. |
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state | no | present |
| Desired state of the package. |
update_cache | no |
|
Whether or not to refresh the master package lists. This can be run as part of a package installation or as a separate step. aliases: update-cache
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upgrade (added in 2.0)
| no |
| Whether or not to upgrade whole system |
# Install package foo - pacman: name=foo state=present # Upgrade package foo - pacman: name=foo state=latest update_cache=yes # Remove packages foo and bar - pacman: name=foo,bar state=absent # Recursively remove package baz - pacman: name=baz state=absent recurse=yes # Run the equivalent of "pacman -Sy" as a separate step - pacman: update_cache=yes # Run the equivalent of "pacman -Su" as a separate step - pacman: upgrade=yes # Run the equivalent of "pacman -Syu" as a separate step - pacman: update_cache=yes upgrade=yes # Run the equivalent of "pacman -Rdd", force remove package baz - pacman: name=baz state=absent force=yes
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