Pacman For Apt Users

Pacman is the package manager for Arch Linux. If you regularly use Debian or Ubun,tu like me, you are probably much more familiar with Apt. If you are new to Arch Linux it may be easier to think of Pacman commands in relation to similar Apt commands. Here is a list of the most common Apt commands (that I can think of at least) and their Pacman equivalents.

apt command	pacman command
apt-get update	pacman -Sy
apt-get install	pacman -S
apt-get upgrade	pacman -Syu
apt-cache search	pacman -Ss

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