Package managers

NPM packages-libraries Dependency management - package.json

• nix - works on any system

• Pacman - p = pacman (arch)

  • /var/log/pacman.log or —debug
  • basic
    • p -Qi show detailed info
    • p -Ss search any package with X in title/descr
    • p -Syu update all pkgs
    • p -S install
    • Remove
      • p -Rs remove X package & its dependencies
        • p -Rns also removes configs??
    • List pkgs
      • p -Q lists every pkg
      • p -Qe lists every actively installed pkg
        • p -Qeq same but deletes details like version
          • pacman -Qeq | wc -l give num
      • p -Qn installed from official arch repo
      • p -Qm installed from AUR
      • p -Qdt see useless pkgs
      • p -Sc removes old version pkgs
  • fixes
    • remove every useless pkg - src
    • PKG blocking updates because of dependency sudo pacman -Rs electron30 - info abt dep pacman -Qdtq - list orphan deps sudo pacman -Qdtq | sudo pacman -Rns - - remove all oprhan deps
    • PGP signature
      • signature from X is unknown trust
      • sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
      • sudo pacman-key —refresh-keys
    • installing X package breaks Y deps required by Z
      • installing libxml2 (2.14.2-2) breaks dependency ‘libxml2.so=2-64’ required by electron33
      • sudo pacman -Syu —ignore libxml2
  • mantainance
    • p -Qk checks pkg integrity

• Paru

  • package got corrupted? remove cache
    • paru -Scc
    • paru -Qemq same as pacman
      • | wc -l

• apt (debian)

  • Upgrading
    • upgrade kernel
      • sudo apt-get update
      • sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    • download or check if FOSS drivers are downloaded for amd
      • sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
      • sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
    • • lspci -nnk | grep -i -EA3 “3d|display|vga”+
    • drivers
      • installation command
      • sudo apt-get update
      • amdgpu-install

• flatpack

  • flatpack list
  • flatpack uninstall —unused