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NAME
       paccache - flexible pacman cache cleaning utility

SYNOPSIS
       paccache <operation> [options] [target ...]

DESCRIPTION
       paccache removes old packages from the pacman cache directory. By
       default the last three versions of a package are kept.

OPERATIONS
       -d, --dryrun
           Perform a dry run, only finding candidate packages.

       -m, --move <dir>
           Move candidate packages from the cache directory to dir.

       -r, --remove
           Remove candidate packages from the cache directory.

OPTIONS
       -a, --arch <arch>
           Scan for packages for a specific architecture. Default is to scan
           for all architectures.

       -c, --cachedir <dir>
           Specify a different cache directory. This option can be used more
           than once. Default is to use the cache directory configured in
           pacman.conf.

       -f, --force
           Apply force to mv and rm operations.

       -h, --help
           Display syntax and command-line options.

       -i, --ignore <pkgs>
           Specify packages to ignore, comma-separated. Alternatively "-" can
           be used to read the package names from stdin, newline-delimited.

       -k, --keep <num>
           Specify how many versions of each package are kept in the cache
           directory, default is 3.

       --min-atime <time>, --min-mtime <time>
           Keep packages with an atime/mtime that is not older than the time
           given, even if this means keeping more than specified through the
           --keep option. Accepts arguments according to info "Date input
           formats", e.g.  30 days ago.

       --nocolor
           Do not colorize output.

       -z, --null
           Use null delimiters for candidate names (only with -v and -vv).

       -q, --quiet
           Minimize the output.

       -u, --uninstalled
           Target uninstalled packages.

       -v, --verbose
           Increase verbosity, can be specified up to 3 times.

       -V, --version
           Display version information.

SYSTEMD TIMER
       The package cache can be cleaned periodically using the systemd timer
       paccache.timer. If the timer is enabled the cache will be cleaned
       weekly with paccache's default options.

SEE ALSO
       pacman(8), pacman.conf(5), systemctl(1)

BUGS
       Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if
       we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at
       https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new.

AUTHORS
       Current maintainers:

       o   Johannes Lothberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>

       o   Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the
       pacman-contrib.git repository.

Pacman-contrib 1.10.5             2024-03-16                       PACCACHE(8)