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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 commandpacman command
apt-get updatepacman -Sy
apt-get installpacman -S
apt-get upgradepacman -Syu
apt-cache searchpacman -Ss
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