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minus-squareEnvy@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120arrow-down1·1 month agoDnf install Apt install Pacman -S (which is short, for sInstall.)
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 month agoI use it everyday and I still hate pacman’s flags with a passion
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoThey S is for Sync. You’re syncing a package from the repos. https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.en
minus-squareinzen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoBut what about pacman -Ss Sync search? P.S. I like pacman, just that this combination of flags is a bit weird for me personally.
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou wouldn’t do that, its improper syntax. You’d do #pacman -Qs, Query local packages -> Search from within this set.
minus-squareinzen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBut I do, do that regularly. Why is it improper?
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI’m just going Based on the man page I linked. s isn’t listed as a subflag of S so i’ve never thought to use it. I just checked that again and I’m totally wrong. Disregard me I guess.
minus-squareinbeesee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoEveryone knows how to read, not everyone will feel comfortable reading the flags.
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve been trying to decipher this for a literal day what does this mean?
minus-squareJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoThe best syntax is zypper’s zypper in se, etc.
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe thing I don’t like about zypper is that it is missing functionality the equivalent of apt autoremove has to be done through YaST an equivalent for apt purge does not exist
minus-squaremanolol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou can use these abbreviations with DNF too, by the way.
minus-squareJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWow, cool never knew when I used it.
minus-squareblinfabian@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month ago❌ apt update && apt upgrade ✅ pacman -Syu
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoemerge is the shortest to type. Gentoo is the fastest package manager for the user. ;D
Dnf install
Apt install
Pacman -S (which is short, for sInstall.)
I use it everyday and I still hate pacman’s flags with a passion
They S is for Sync. You’re syncing a package from the repos.
https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.8.en
But what about
pacman -SsSync search? P.S. I like pacman, just that this combination of flags is a bit weird for me personally.You wouldn’t do that, its improper syntax. You’d do #pacman -Qs, Query local packages -> Search from within this set.
But I do, do that regularly. Why is it improper?
I’m just going Based on the man page I linked. s isn’t listed as a subflag of S so i’ve never thought to use it.I just checked that again and I’m totally wrong. Disregard me I guess.
Everyone knows how to read, not everyone will feel comfortable reading the flags.
I’ve been trying to decipher this for a literal day what does this mean?
The best syntax is zypper’s zypper in se, etc.
The thing I don’t like about zypper is that it is missing functionality
the equivalent of
apt autoremovehas to be done through YaSTan equivalent for
apt purgedoes not existYou can use these abbreviations with DNF too, by the way.
Wow, cool never knew when I used it.
❌ apt update && apt upgrade
✅ pacman -Syu
apt --update upgradeemerge
is the shortest to type.
Gentoo is the fastest package manager for the user. ;D