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# Category:Package management

Packages in Arch Linux are built using makepkg and a custom build script for each package (known as a PKGBUILD). Once packaged, software can be installed and managed with pacman. PKGBUILDs for software in the official repositories are available from the ABS tree; thousands more are available from the (unsupported) Arch User Repository.

Here you will find articles on how to find, install, remove and otherwise manage your software packages using pacman and the Arch Build System.

## See also

Category:Package development

## Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

### A

- Arch User Repository

## Pages in category "Package management"

The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.

### A

- Arch Build System
- Arch Linux Archive
- Arch packaging standards
- Arch User Repository
- AurJson

### B

- Bisecting bugs

### D

- Deltup
- Downgrading packages

### G

- Getting PKGBUILDs from SVN

### L

- Local Mirror

### M

- Mirrors
- Multilib

### N

- Namcap

### O

- Official repositories
- Official repositories web interface
- Offline installation of packages

### P

- Package Proxy Cache
- Pacman
- Pacman/Package signing
- Pacman/Pacnew and Pacsave
- Pacman/Restore local database
- Pacman/Rosetta
- Pacman/Tips and tricks
- Pacserve
- Patching in ABS
- Pkgfile
- Pkgstats
- Powerpill

### R

- Reflector

### U

- Unofficial user repositories
- Update packages from crontab

### W

- User:Wtachi/Pacman/Rosetta

Category:

- System administration