List installed packages All installed packages pacman -Q All explicitly installed packages pacman -Qe Explicitly installed packages not required by other installed packages pacman -Qet Only packages names pacman -Qet | awk '{print $1}' > my_installed_packages.txt List which package owns a file pacman -F filename
Installing packages from the AUR Essentially: Acquire the build files, including the PKGBUILD and possibly other required files, like systemd units and patches: git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aurutils.git ~/builds/aurutils Verify that the PKGBUILD and accompanying files are not malicious or untrustworthy. In the directory where the files are saved, run: makepkg -sri This will download the code, resolve the dependencies with pacman, compile it, package it, and install the package. AUR helpers As of the date when this is being written, yay is the most complete and easiest AUR helper I’ve found, for my taste of course. ...