pacinfo
displays detailed information about packages from the pacman database
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
pacinfo [options] package...
DESCRIPTION
pacinfo displays detailed information about packages from the pacman database. It shows package metadata including name, version, description, dependencies, install date, size, and other attributes stored in the package database.The tool can query both locally installed packages and packages available in configured repositories. It provides more detailed output options than pacman's built-in query commands, with machine-readable raw output for scripting.
PARAMETERS
--raw
Display sizes in bytes and dates as Unix timestamps--verbose
Display additional package information--no-timeout
Disable low-speed download timeouts--config file
Use alternate pacman configuration file--dbpath path
Use alternate database path--root path
Use alternate installation root--help
Display help information--version
Display version information
CAVEATS
Requires packages to be in pacman's database (either installed or available in repositories). Network access needed for repository package queries if sync database is not current.
HISTORY
Part of pacutils, a collection of helper utilities for pacman by Andrew Gregory. Provides enhanced package information display compared to standard pacman -Qi and pacman -Si commands.
