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pacman:tldr:722cd
pacman: Search the package database for a regular expression or keyword.
$ pacman -Ss "${search_pattern}"
try on your machine
The pacman -Ss "${search_pattern}"
command is used in the Arch Linux system package manager, pacman
, to search for packages with a specific search pattern.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
pacman
: This is the package manager command in Arch Linux.-Ss
: The-S
option is used to perform package operations, and thes
option specifies a search operation. It tellspacman
to search for available packages matching the search pattern."${search_pattern}"
: This is a placeholder for the search pattern you want to use. You need to replace${search_pattern}
with your desired search term enclosed in double quotes.
For example, if you want to search for packages related to the Python programming language, you can run pacman -Ss "python"
. This command will search for packages containing the word "python" in their names or descriptions and display the results.
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.