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The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux. It combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use Arch build system. The goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether they are from the official repositories or the user's own builds. Pacman keeps the system up-to-date by synchronizing package lists with the master server. This server/client model also allows the user to download/install packages with a simple command, complete with all required dependencies. Pacman is written in the C programming language and uses the bsdtar(1) tar format for packaging. What follows is just a small sample of the operations that pacman can perform. To read more examples, refer to pacman(8). A package is an archive containing: Arch's package manager pacman can install, update, and remove those packages. Using packages instead of compiling and installing programs yourself has various benefits: To install a single package or list

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