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pacman-sync:tldr:77ef4
This command is used in the Arch Linux distribution package manager called pacman, and it performs multiple functions with various options. Here is the breakdown of each part:
-
sudo
: It runs the command with superuser (administrative) privileges. This allows the user to execute system-level operations. -
pacman
: It is the package manager command-line tool in Arch Linux that handles package installations, upgrades, removals, and other related operations. -
--sync
(or-S
): It is the option that tells pacman to synchronize the package database before performing any operations. This ensures that the package database is up to date with the available software. -
--refresh
: This option tells pacman to refresh the package databases, updating them with the latest information from the defined repositories. -
--sysupgrade
(or-Su
): This option upgrades all installed packages on the system to their latest versions available in the repositories. -
--ignore ${package_name}
: This option excludes a specific package from the upgrade process.${package_name}
should be replaced with the actual name of the package to be ignored.
Putting it all together, the command sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade --ignore ${package_name}
updates the package databases, refreshes them with the latest information from the repositories, upgrades all installed packages to their latest versions, and excludes a specific package (specified by ${package_name}
) from being upgraded.