pacsift

List all available packages

$ pacsift

$ pacsift --satisfies [package]

pacsift [options] [filters]

pacsift queries and filters packages from pacman databases with flexible criteria. Part of the pacutils collection, it provides more powerful filtering than basic pacman queries.
The tool can filter by various attributes: name patterns, repository, installation status, dependencies, groups, and more. Multiple filters can be combined to narrow down results.
Output is a list of package names suitable for piping to other pacutils commands or pacman.

--satisfies _dep_

Filter packages that satisfy a dependency

Filter by repository

Search only installed packages

Search only sync databases

Filter by package name

Filter by group membership

Filter packages that provide something

Filter packages that depend on something

Show only installed packages

Show only explicitly installed packages

Show orphan packages

Part of the pacutils package, not installed by default on Arch. Filter syntax differs from pacman's built-in search. For simple searches, pacman -Ss may be more convenient.

pacman(8), paclog(1), pactree(8), pacinfo(1)