pacman binary
- is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux
- it combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system
- the goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether they are from the official repositories or the user’s own builds
- installed with ArchLinux
Other
configurations
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-arch-linux-package-management
If you want color highlighting with pacman -Ss, you can uncomment Color from /etc/pacman.conf. It highlights different things than pacsearch, though, so you might want to try both and see which one you like better.
sudo vi /etc/pacman.conf... #Misc options #UseSyslog Color #TotalDownload CheckSpace #VerbosePkgLists ....
commands
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-arch-linux-package-management
- make sure all package databases are up to date
sudo pacman -Sy- searching package
pacman -Ss- list packages with keyword ‘keyword’
pacseach- install net-tools package
sudo pacman -S net-tools- get information of installed package
pacman -Qi linux