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pacman --query

Arch Linux package manager utility. See also: pacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.

  • List installed packages and versions:

pacman --query

  • List only packages and versions that were explicitly installed:

pacman --query --explicit

  • Find which package owns a file:

pacman --query --owns {{filename}}

  • Display information about an installed package:

pacman --query --info {{package}}

  • List files owned by a package:

pacman --query --list {{package}}

  • List orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not required by any package):

pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet

  • List installed packages not found in the repositories:

pacman --query --foreign

  • List outdated packages:

pacman --query --upgrades