Arch Linux: My Basic Maintenance

NOTE 1: at 09:30 pacman -Qtdq or pacman -Qtdq doesn't make any difference. It's just the order of the switches are different, but the effect is the same.
NOTE 2: at 09:35 in the fish shell you can write sudo pacman -Rns (pacman -Qtdq) without the $ before the opening parenthesis.

In this video I am going through the tasks I perform to maintain my Arch Linux installation. These are just a few steps I perform regularly. It is important to read through the Arch Wiki and find which routine you need for your PC.

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AMD Ryzen 9
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[aswinzero]

Huh...finally got this video...I'm obsessed with linux and now I'm in love with arch and surprisingly u released this video...a great thing for me sir💖

[eznix]

This video is fantastic. Thank you very much for the excellent instruction. Every Arch user should watch this video. :)

[mr.lyrics]

I am new to Arch, so I started watching all of your videos to learn using it. Very helpful. Thanks a lot!! Please upload more.☺️

[FlyingBystander]

This was great Ermanno, very helpful. I find it hard to remember all the pacman commands. Good to have it all in one spot to refer back to. Thanks for this!
I know the Arch Wiki exists, but having a human explain things as well as reference the commands is better for me and the way I learn.

[packetcreeper]

Very helpful guide! I've only been using Arch for about 6 months but I'm loving it so far.

[NCDX]

This is, without a doubt, *THE* best tutorial channel on YouTube! From installing Arch to doing maintence and everything else YOU are the best!! BY FAR MY FAVORITE YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!

[WellSwolen]

No idea why Youtube showed me this video as I use Debian and Gentoo, but it is always nice to see how different people handle system maintenance. Honestly pacman confuses me which is why I use Gentoo.

[Nerkzor]

I was just thinking to myself how I wanted to watch a tutorial on how to use arch efficiently and maintain and and then you released this video! Thank you very much! I very much enjoy your videos :D!

[taidee]

Thank you Master Ermanno for the great service. Delivered with amazing clarity and rich with detail.

[renealbrechtsen]

This is probably the most useful video you have uploaded. Thanks so much :)

[gver]

I do not have sufficient good words to say about you. Arch is a great distro and you are making it better. Thank you.

[philaug]

I wanted to thank you for this splendid video that helps me to maintain an ArchLinux distribution (EndeavourOS) ... this Linux distribution is installed for about 8 months and i have been following your maintenance recommendations without breaking my system ... Thank you so much and long live to your channel ! Phil

[hectorselley]

Great video! Thanks.
If you are in a country that doesn't have any Arch mirror you could use this command instead:

su -c 'reflector --verbose --latest 10 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'

[molnarvencel]

Since i have an arch linux on my laptop i always check your channel for anything useful to learn. Thanks for your effort sir!

[rafaelfonseca]

Well guys, hands down... this is the best Arch Linux YouTube channel! Such a great content.

[vikingwithwings]

At 09:33 looks like the correct comand is: # pacman -Qtdq | pacman -Rns - ( with the "-" at the end) . I tried both, and it only finds the packages with the "-" at the end. Thanks for a lot of great video's. Clear and to the point.

[BrenoSilveira]

Its good to remember to merge .pacnews and .pacsaves files with the respective configuration files. This is the cause of a lot of breakages that the people who doesn't like Arch use to say that Arch it is unstable.

[sarapambu]

i love your patience to reply all comments. ..no one did that :)

[JohnLamontanaro]

3 years old and this helped me out a lot ty sir

[savedr]

THANK YOU for this video! This kind of instruction, explaining everything you do as you go along and why you're doing it, is sorely lacking everywhere!