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--- pacman [2021/03/29 15:15] – reshuffle, another fix, tips for .pacnews rjt
+++ pacman [2024/09/15 19:54] (current) – [Maintenance] rjt
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 ===== Usage =====
-I'll leave out the basics like ''-Syu'', ''-S'', ''-Ss'' and ''-Rsn''((But hey, in case you didn't know what the ''s'' and ''n'' are doing there: ''s'' include deps. not needed by anything else, ''n'' also ditch config. files (but not the ones in your home directory))); here're some ones I don't use as much / forget, but are real useful.
+I'll leave out the basics like ''-Syu'', ''-S'', ''-Ss'' and ''-Rsn''((But hey, in case you didn't know what the ''s'' and ''n'' are doing there: ''s'' include deps. not needed by anything else, ''n'' also ditches config. files (but not the ones in your home directory))); here're some ones I don't use as much / forget, but are real useful.
 ''-S [group name]-{[name1],name2],[etc]}''
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 === .pacnew ===
-There are tools to manage ''.pacnew'' files that are created when core config files are updated FIXME
+There are tools to manage ''.pacnew'' files that are created when core config files are updated.
+  * [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave#Managing_.pac*_files|Managing .pac* files]]
 I just use [[vim#vimdiff]] to check difference between the current and new files. You could also just use ''vim -d [file] [file]''. ''Ctrl+w [left or right arrow]'' to switch window, btw.
 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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 ===== Fixes =====
+==== Keys ====
+If you get errors about keys (and things like files being corrupt), try updating ''archlinux-keyring'' before doing a full update. EG: (''sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring && sudo pacman -Su''. You might want to chuck that in an alias.
+nbjp [[https://monthly-reports.archlinux.page/2022/07/|Apparently Arch now updates the keyring weekly]].
+I was getting this error: ''warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?'' which was mucking up the upgrade process. These steps fixed it:
+  - ''sudo rm -r /etc/pacman.d/gnupg''
+  - ''sudo pacman-key --init''
+  - ''sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux''
+  - ''sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring''
 ==== AUR ====
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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 ====