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Arch Linux plugin

This plugin adds some aliases and functions to work with Arch Linux.

To use it, add archlinux to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

plugins=(... archlinux)

Features

Pacman

Alias Command Description
pacin sudo pacman -S Install packages from the repositories
pacins sudo pacman -U Install a package from a local file
pacinsd sudo pacman -S --asdeps Install packages as dependencies of another package
pacloc pacman -Qi Display information about a package in the local database
paclocs pacman -Qs Search for packages in the local database
paclsorphans sudo pacman -Qdt List all orphaned packages
pacmir sudo pacman -Syy Force refresh of all package lists after updating mirrorlist
pacre sudo pacman -R Remove packages, keeping its settings and dependencies
pacrem sudo pacman -Rns Remove packages, including its settings and dependencies
pacrep pacman -Si Display information about a package in the repositories
pacreps pacman -Ss Search for packages in the repositories
pacrmorphans sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq) Delete all orphaned packages
pacupd sudo pacman -Sy && <abs/aur refresh>¹ Update and refresh local package, ABS and AUR databases
pacupg sudo pacman -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages
pacfileupg sudo pacman -Fy Download fresh package databases from the server
pacfiles pacman -F Search package file names for matching strings
pacls pacman -Ql List files in a package
pacown pacman -Qo Show which package owns a file
upgrade³ sudo pacman -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages
Function Description
pacdisowned List all disowned files in your system
paclist List all explicitly installed packages with a description
pacmanallkeys Get all keys for developers and trusted users
pacmansignkeys Locally trust all keys passed as parameters
pacweb Open the website of an ArchLinux package

Note: paclist used to print packages with a description which are (1) explicitly installed and (2) available for upgrade. Due to flawed scripting, it also printed all packages if no upgrades were available. Use pacman -Que instead.

AUR helpers

Pacaur

Alias Command Description
pain pacaur -S Install packages from the repositories
pains pacaur -U Install a package from a local file
painsd pacaur -S --asdeps Install packages as dependencies of another package
paloc pacaur -Qi Display information about a package in the local database
palocs pacaur -Qs Search for packages in the local database
palst pacaur -Qe List installed packages including from AUR (tagged as "local")
pamir pacaur -Syy Force refresh of all package lists after updating mirrorlist
paorph pacaur -Qtd Remove orphans using pacaur
pare pacaur -R Remove packages, keeping its settings and dependencies
parem pacaur -Rns Remove packages, including its settings and unneeded dependencies
parep pacaur -Si Display information about a package in the repositories
pareps pacaur -Ss Search for packages in the repositories
paupd pacaur -Sy && <abs/aur refresh>¹ Update and refresh local package, ABS and AUR databases
paupg pacaur -Syua Sync with repositories before upgrading all packages (from AUR too)
pasu pacaur -Syua --no-confirm Same as paupg, but without confirmation
upgrade³ pacaur -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages

Trizen

Alias Command Description
trconf trizen -C Fix all configuration files with vimdiff
trin trizen -S Install packages from the repositories
trins trizen -U Install a package from a local file
trinsd trizen -S --asdeps Install packages as dependencies of another package
trloc trizen -Qi Display information about a package in the local database
trlocs trizen -Qs Search for packages in the local database
trlst trizen -Qe List installed packages including from AUR (tagged as "local")
trmir trizen -Syy Force refresh of all package lists after updating mirrorlist
trorph trizen -Qtd Remove orphans using yaourt
trre trizen -R Remove packages, keeping its settings and dependencies
trrem trizen -Rns Remove packages, including its settings and unneeded dependencies
trrep trizen -Si Display information about a package in the repositories
trreps trizen -Ss Search for packages in the repositories
trupd trizen -Sy && <abs/aur refresh>¹ Update and refresh local package, ABS and AUR databases
trupg trizen -Syua Sync with repositories before upgrading all packages (from AUR too)
trsu trizen -Syua --no-confirm Same as trupg, but without confirmation
upgrade³ trizen -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages

Yaourt²

Alias Command Description
yaconf yaourt -C Fix all configuration files with vimdiff
yain yaourt -S Install packages from the repositories
yains yaourt -U Install a package from a local file
yainsd yaourt -S --asdeps Install packages as dependencies of another package
yaloc yaourt -Qi Display information about a package in the local database
yalocs yaourt -Qs Search for packages in the local database
yalst yaourt -Qe List installed packages including from AUR (tagged as "local")
yamir yaourt -Syy Force refresh of all package lists after updating mirrorlist
yaorph yaourt -Qtd Remove orphans using yaourt
yare yaourt -R Remove packages, keeping its settings and dependencies
yarem yaourt -Rns Remove packages, including its settings and unneeded dependencies
yarep yaourt -Si Display information about a package in the repositories
yareps yaourt -Ss Search for packages in the repositories
yaupd yaourt -Sy && <abs/aur refresh>¹ Update and refresh local package, ABS and AUR databases
yaupg yaourt -Syua Sync with repositories before upgrading all packages (from AUR too)
yasu yaourt -Syua --no-confirm Same as yaupg, but without confirmation
upgrade³ yaourt -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages

Yay²

Alias Command Description
yaconf yay -Pg Print current configuration
yain yay -S Install packages from the repositories
yains yay -U Install a package from a local file
yainsd yay -S --asdeps Install packages as dependencies of another package
yaloc yay -Qi Display information about a package in the local database
yalocs yay -Qs Search for packages in the local database
yalst yay -Qe List installed packages including from AUR (tagged as "local")
yamir yay -Syy Force refresh of all package lists after updating mirrorlist
yaorph yay -Qtd Remove orphans using yay
yare yay -R Remove packages, keeping its settings and dependencies
yarem yay -Rns Remove packages, including its settings and unneeded dependencies
yarep yay -Si Display information about a package in the repositories
yareps yay -Ss Search for packages in the repositories
yaupd yay -Sy && <abs/aur refresh>¹ Update and refresh local package, ABS and AUR databases
yaupg yay -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages
yasu yay -Syu --no-confirm Same as yaupg, but without confirmation
upgrade³ yay -Syu Sync with repositories before upgrading packages

¹ If the abs and/or aur commands are present, sudo abs and sudo aur are also called to update the ABS and AUR databases.

² Yay and Yaourt aliases overlap. If both are installed, yay will take precedence.

³ The upgrade alias is set for all package managers. Its value will depend on whether the package manager is installed, checked in the following order:

  1. yay
  2. yaourt
  3. trizen
  4. pacaur
  5. pacman

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