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minus-squareEnvy@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120arrow-down1·5 days agoDnf install Apt install Pacman -S (which is short, for sInstall.)
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 days 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-23 days 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-up1·3 days 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-up1·3 days agoBut I do, do that regularly. Why is it improper?
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days 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-up1·4 days agoEveryone knows how to read, not everyone will feel comfortable reading the flags.
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI’ve been trying to decipher this for a literal day what does this mean?
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·5 days agoI use it everyday and I still hate pacman’s flags with a passion
minus-squareblinfabian@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days ago❌ apt update && apt upgrade ✅ pacman -Syu
minus-squareJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoThe best syntax is zypper’s zypper in se, etc.
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days 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-up3·5 days agoYou can use these abbreviations with DNF too, by the way.
minus-squareJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWow, cool never knew when I used it.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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.)
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?
I use it everyday and I still hate pacman’s flags with a passion
❌ apt update && apt upgrade
✅ pacman -Syu
apt --update upgradeThe 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.
emerge
is the shortest to type.
Gentoo is the fastest package manager for the user. ;D