Pacman
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The facts
Each one read from Pacman's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bug reporting
- The project page directs users to report bugs through its issue tracker with details such as the command line and bug description.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Database queries
- Its query operations can show installed packages, their files, and package metadata such as dependencies, conflicts, dates, and size.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- Pacman supports dependencies and automatically resolves required packages when installing from remote repositories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Development support
- A mailing list is devoted to pacman development, and the project page links to its archives and subscription.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Download behavior
- The manual documents filesystem and syscall restrictions for the download sandbox on Linux, with options to disable them.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Download sandbox
- The project history says version 7.0 added support for performing downloads in a separate sandboxed process.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hooks
- The project history says version 5.0 added support for pre- and post-transaction hooks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Key management
- pacman-key manages the PGP keyring used to check signed packages and databases, and can import or export keys and update the trust database.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Library
- Pacman is a front end to libalpm, the Arch Linux Package Management library, which allows alternative front ends to be written.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project page says pacman is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package building
- The companion makepkg utility automates package builds using a custom build script called a PKGBUILD.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package format
- Pacman packages use a zipped tar format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package operations
- It can add, remove, upgrade, and query packages and can resolve dependencies automatically.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package queries
- Pacman can query installed packages, their files, and package metadata such as dependencies, conflicts, install date, build date and size.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package signing
- The project history says version 4.0 added package signing and verification capabilities using GnuPG and GPGME.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package sources
- It can download packages from remote servers and synchronize with remote repositories.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Parallel downloads
- The project history says version 6.0 added support for parallel downloads.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pacman manages software packages on Linux systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repository sync
- Pacman can synchronize packages with remote repositories and upgrade out-of-date packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sandboxed downloads
- The project history says version 7.0 added support for downloading in a separate sandboxed process.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project asks users to report bugs to its GitLab issue tracker with details such as the command line and the nature of the bug.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2002checked 28 Sep 2026
