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--- pacman [2021/03/29 15:15] – reshuffle, another fix, tips for .pacnews rjt
+++ pacman [2021/09/15 18:08] – Tidied 'Freeing Space' section, and moved it rjt
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 You can get a nice list of ''.pacnew''s with ''find /etc -regextype posix-extended -regex ".+\.pac(new|save)" 2> /dev/null''
+=== Freeing Space ===
+To clear Pacman's cache ''pacman -Sc''.
+You can use Paccache (in [[arch>community/x86_64/pacman-contrib/pacman-contrib/|pacman-contrib]]) to have better control over what you do with cached packages. Egs.: ''paccache -rk 2'' will delete everything except the last two versions of a package. ''paccache -ruk0'' will remove everything for packages that are no longer installed.
+To find orphan packages ''pacman -Qdt''
 ==== Converting Packages ====
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 [[trizen]] and [[yay]] seem to be the helpers to go for now.
-==== Free Space ====
-To clear Pacman's cache ''pacman -Sc'' --- you can use ''paccache -rk 2'' to delete everything except the last two versions of a package, //which is a good idea//. ''paccache -ruk0'' will remove everything for packages that are no longer installed.
-To find orphan packages ''pacman -Qdt''
 ==== Missing Files in Pacman Database ====