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pacman --database

Operate on the Arch Linux package database. Modify certain attributes of the installed packages. See also: pacman. More information: https://manned.org/pacman.8.

• Mark a package as implicitly installed:

sudo pacman -D --asdeps {{package}}

• Mark a package as explicitly installed:

sudo pacman -D --asexplicit {{package}}

• Chec[k] that all the package dependencies are installed:

pacman -Dk

• Chec[k] the sync [D]atabase to ensure all specified dependencies of downloadable packages are available:

pacman -Dkk

• Chec[k] and display in [q]uiet mode (only error messages are displayed):

pacman -Dkq

• Display help:

pacman -D --help