Pacman is a simple library-based package manager used in some Linux distributions, e.g. Arch Linux.
Questions tagged [pacman-package-manager]
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How to update python to the latest version on ArchLinux?
How to install the latest python version 3.11.0 on ArchLinux through pacman?
ArchLinux wiki says current version is 3.10, although python 3.11 has been officially released.
When running sudo pacman -Syyu p I'm welcomed with warning: python-3.10.8-3…

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Loading multiple R packages with a single command
Multiple R packages may be loaded using the function p_load function from pacman R package with the following command:
pacman::p_load("ggplot2", "lme4")
However, I want to use the command like this
Packages <- c("ggplot2",…

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Can't install virtualbox in Arch
I have tried to install Virtualbox on Arch(4.7.0-1) using pacman and everything seems to go fine until I try to run it. I get the following message
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for…

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Fixing "Target not found" in pacman (Maybe mirrorlist of pacman.conf
I have been having a lot of problems with pacman in my new arch system. I can't install anything.
[root@life ~]# pacman -S pacaur
error: target not found: pacaur
I have tried everything including pacman -Syyu, reinstalling pacman and messing with…

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Unable to install grub-customizer on Manjaro 21.0.4
I'm having trouble installing other packages too, I assume it's because I didn't configure something. Thoughts?
sudo pacman -S grub-customizer
error: target not found: grub-customizer

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MSYS2: pip is not in path after installation (command not found)
I installed pip on MSYS2 using the following command in the MSYS2 shell:
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip
(web page for the package: https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-python-pip)
After installing, when I try to run pip in the…

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Msys2: Maintaining two python installations
I am using Msys2 portable under Win 10.
I have 2 python 3.8 installations. The original question asked if that is so. I am now certain it is, so for the time being I want to deal with their maintenance.
I also posted another related question Msys2:…

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Building AGG in msys2 causes error Invalid configuration `x86_64-pc-msys': system `msys' not recognized
I want to install pypotrace. To this end I'm following this tutorial. However when I get to the line
./autogen.sh; make
I get the error:
(specifically the line):
I extracted both packages in my C:\src folder. Both are easy to build
by…

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wget or curl: format progress bar
I am writing an update script like that:
update.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo echo
printf "### PACMAN\n" # I am running Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu
printf "\n### YAY\n"
yay -Syua
printf "\n### CUSTOM\n"
custom_script.sh # code…

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How to search efficiently for a package using Msys2 pacman?
When I search for a Package like this
pacman -Qs python
local/python2 2.7.15-2
A high-level scripting language
local/scons 3.0.1-1 (base-devel)
Extensible Python-based build utility
2 packages are listed and no python-3 ackage is found
but…

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Conflicting msys2-runtime and catgets
I am installing 64-bit version of MSYS2 on my sistem. After installing, I run MINGW64 for the first time following the instruction on this official website. However, after I run pacman -Syu, I got this message:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
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How to remove texlive with Pacman
I installed texlive with Pacman in Archlinux. I want to remove all the installed packages now because I found them too big and a website called overleaf can meet most of my needs.
But there are too many packages contained in texlive, listed as…

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Installing Chromium on Raspberry Pi running Arch linux with pacman
I have a Raspberry Pi running: Linux 3.10.35-1-ARCH
How do I install the chromium web browser? I have tried the following:
pacman -Syyu
Followed by
pacman -S chromium
error: target not found: chromium
When I've downloaded the…

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Where can I find the arch/setup source?
Where can I find the arch/setup source?
I did not find in ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/sources/
Who knows?

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Pacman upgrade causes conflict with not present packages
I'm on Arco Linux(the most basic one).
I have installed the nodejs package with pacman.
Now when I run sudo pacman -Su I am getting nodejs-lts-gallium and nodejs are in conflict. Remove nodejs? [y/N].
But when I run pacman -Qi nodejs-lts-gallium, it…

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