pacman-sync:tldr:77ef4

pacman-sync: Synchronize and update all packages, but ignore a specific package (can be used more than once).

pacman

$ sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade --ignore ${package_name}

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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.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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