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pacman-package-manager

Cannot upgrade Arch Linux (pacman -Syu not working)

November 28, 2023 by Tarik

I just had this very same error. The problem seems to be that there are new keys in the archlinux-keyring package, and new packages (confuse) signed with those keys. Since both packages are updated in the same transaction, well the new keys cannot be used until the update is finished, but the transaction will not … Read more

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How to download source code with Pacman on Arch Linux? [closed]

June 7, 2023 by Tarik

pacman -S asp say if you want the source code of the Linux command find find out which package the command find belongs to: pacman -Qo $(which find). The result is “/usr/bin/find is owned by findutils 4.4.2-3”. asp export findutils cd findutils makepkg -o Now you have your source code.

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How to find where a package is installed by pacman?

March 26, 2023 by Tarik

I am not on my arch now to check, but I bet pacman -Ql boost-libs or pacman -Qk boost-libs will do the trick by providing you with the list of files installed by the package.

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