pacman-s

short form of pacman --sync, which synchronizes packages

TLDR

This command is an alias of pacman --syncView documentation for the original command

$ tldr pacman sync

SYNOPSIS

pacman -S [options] [package(s)]

DESCRIPTION

pacman -S is the short form of pacman --sync, which synchronizes packages. It handles installing packages from repositories, updating the package database, and performing system upgrades.

PARAMETERS

-y, --refresh

Download a fresh copy of the master package databases from the server.

-u, --sysupgrade

Upgrade all out-of-date packages.

-s, --search regexp

Search package names and descriptions in sync databases.

-i, --info

Display detailed information for packages in the sync database.

-c, --clean

Remove old packages from the cache directory.

-l, --list

List all packages in the specified repositories.

-g, --groups

Display members of a package group.

-q, --quiet

Show less information for query and search results.

--needed

Do not reinstall packages that are already up-to-date.

--asdeps

Install packages as non-explicitly installed (as dependencies).

--overwrite glob

Overwrite conflicting files matching the given glob pattern.

--downloadonly, -w

Download packages without installing them.

--ignore package

Skip upgrades for the specified package.