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Pacman is a simple library-based package manager used in some Linux distributions, e.g. Arch Linux.

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How to find where a package is installed by pacman?

I'm installing c++ boost library by pacman -Ss boost-libs. After installation, I want to know where my package is installed in my system. Is there any pacman command for doing so?
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How to download source code with Pacman on Arch Linux?

I am using Arch Linux. I want to do the same thing like apt-get source coreutils; is it possible to download sources with Pacman? I didn't find a solution in the man pages. How can I get the source code of a package?
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Cannot upgrade Arch Linux (pacman -Syu not working)

I am running sudo pacman -Syu on my Arch Linux and I am getting the following: cristian@localhost:~$ sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date multilib is up to date …
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What is the 'apt-get update' equivalent command in Arch Linux?

What is the command for Arch Linux to update the packages before installing a new package? For instance, I know that in Ubuntu, I do this in a terminal window: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get What about in Arch Linux? I came across…
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Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) when updating packages on Manjaro

sudo pacman -Syu I try updating all the packages using pacman on my Manjaro Linux and pacman necessarily does everything to download the latest updates of all the available packages and after checking for file conflicts, it throws ... (126/126)…
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"pacman -Syu" not working: invalid PGP key

I'm trying to do a full system upgrade using pacman -Syu. It says: :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/turbulence-0.3.5-1-any.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] Is there a way to fix…
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pacman -Syuu : error: failed retrieving file ("Operation too slow" and "SSL certificate problem")

I am having troubles when trying to upgrade my Portable Msys2 under Win 10 with pacman -Syuu, as detailed below. I did this before with no problem. What could the problem and solution be? $ pacman -Syuu :: Synchronizing package databases... mingw32…
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What is different between gcc.exe in msys2\usr\bin and gcc.exe in msys2\mingww64\bin?

When typing pacman -S gcc, it will install gcc in /usr/bin in msys2, but when typeing pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc, it will install in /mingww64/bin. What is different between them?
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R v3.4.0-2 unable to find libgfortran.so.3 on Arch

I was just on vacation for a month so am unable to say the exact point at which this happened, but R from the official Arch repos is now unable to start, citing /usr/lib64/R/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libraries: libgfortran.so.3:…
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Arch Linux system update: error: GPGME error: No data

When I finally decided to upgrade my laptop running vanilla Arch Linux (because of internet problems) I kept on getting errors like this: $ sudo pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 126.8 KiB 125K/s 00:01…
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How to install a package from AUR which further need dependent AUR packages

So. I am using ArchLinux with i3 window manager (In short no proper Desktop Environment). I am new to Arch Linux I am trying to install this package called "shutter" which will help me to take a screenshot. Now, i tried installing "shutter" sudo…
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Target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-flickcurl

I'm using MSYS2, and I was expecting to be able to install flickcurl. I tried installing as follows, but it seems that it can't find the file. $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-flickcurl error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-flickcurl Am I missing…
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ImportError: No module named sklearn.feature_extraction.text

I use from python 2.7 and pacman package manager, and install sclearn with it. but when i have an ImportError: >>> from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in…
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Manjaro install ncurses5-compat-libs

I'm trying to install this package ncurses5-compat-libs but I can because of the following problem. What I did: 1. yay ncurses5-compat-libs There are 2 types of errors: Either I will check 'Y' and I will add the key, so in this case, I will receive…
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Manjaro update error: failed to update core (unable to lock database)

I am a noob on an i5 desktop. I could not update my system. Terminal reads as follows, after I type and enter "sudo pacman -Syu" [sudo] password for user-name: ******** :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed to update core (unable to…
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