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Using pacman I can update package databases using the following command pacman -Sy or pacman -Fy what is the difference between this keys of pacman and what is better to use?

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If you take a look at the man page you see that:

  • -S is for installing packages.
  • -F is for querying the files database.
  • -y refreshes the package database, and it's valid with both -S and -F.

The two major options (-S and -F) do very different things, but in both cases -y means "update the package database before you do anything else".

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  • thank you, but me it is not quite clear what kind of database files are requested when using the -F key? Commented Oct 16, 2022 at 16:22
  • @Besha If you'll read the man page, it's querying the database of the repositories that hold the packages for a files that are owned by a specific package. Commented Oct 16, 2022 at 19:54

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