pacman --database

Operate on the Arch Linux package database.

Modify certain attributes of the installed packages.

• Display help:

pacman --database --help

• Mark a package as implicitly installed:

sudo pacman --database --asdeps {package_name}

• Mark a package as explicitly installed:

sudo pacman --database --asexplicit {package_name}

• Check that all the package dependencies are installed:

pacman --database --check

• Check the repositories to ensure all specified dependencies are available:

pacman --database --check --check

• Display only error messages:

pacman --database --check --quiet

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