[solved] basic pacman information

hi,
i was just wondering if pacman had a way to update the "upgradable packages" list, and is there a way to see the upgradable packages.
the only thing i found about pacman in the archwiki was -Syu but that seams to upgrade the packages when all i want is to know which packages can be upgraded
i come from debian where i used the aptitude package manager
aptitude update would update the packages list, aptitude search "~U" would list the packages that can be upgraded and dist-upgrade upgraded the packages (Sort of like -Syu)
so, is there any way to get similar outputs using pacman?
Last edited by red-guy (2011-03-21 07:40:16)

The link I posted was to the Query flag: pacman -Qu will give you:
man pacman wrote:-u, --upgrades
Restrict or filter output to packages that are out of date on the local system. (Only package versions are used to find outdated packages, replacements are not checked here.) This option works best if the sync database is refreshed using -Sy.
S is the sync flag. -Sy syncs the database and Syu syncs & updates...

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https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1127251
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When I no longer want these packages on my system, they will be uninstalled in the standard way (pacman -Rs pkg).
If I decide to keep the package, I can change the pacman database entry using the little known -D/--database flag.
E.g. pacman -D --asexplicit vlc will change the install reason for the vlc package from being "Installed as a
dependency for another package" to "Explicitly installed". It will no longer be listed as an orphan, effectively
taking it out of this secondary pacman management system inserting it into the main one.
I began to use this method of package management after I read this on his blog. It makes sense and it works well. However, I want to know if the only flags I can pass to Pacman while building apps are:
--asdeps
--noconfirm
--needed
The wiki, though, doesn't say anything about the useage of other pacman flags.
My question is: can I pass arbitrary flags to Pacman while building an app using a PKGBUILD? E.G. can I pass makepkg the "--asexplicit" flag if I want to do the opposite of Alan's idea and install something as an explicit package? Are apps compiled through "makepkg" installed and flagged by Pacman by default "--asexplicit?"
[edit]: Marked solved and gave a better subject line for future searchers.
Last edited by MoonSwan (2014-07-22 21:26:03)

I think you really need to clarify your question. You can't pass pacman any flags while building 'apps' - pacman doesn't build packages, makepkg does.
If you want to know what flags you can pass to pacman when installing a package, read the man page.
The makepkg man page will also tell you which flags can be passed to pacman when using the -i flag.

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