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Do not update single packages on Archlinux, but (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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On Archlinux it is not recommended to update only one package with the package manager pacman. Let's say I have 11 packages, and one of them is extra/firefox (true story). Updating only a pacman -S firefox could introduce problems, but installing a new single package if it wasn't there is okay.

So my question is, could we get around this by removing and installing the same package again in one go: pacman -Rs firefox && pacman -S firefox

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[–] [S] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That is not true. Installing a package with sudo pacman -S package without updating the package list is totally supported and works without problems. Whats not recommended is to installing package and updating package list with -Sy package. So instead we should do -Syu package and update everything on the system alongside the package.

Maybe if the package list is old, then -S package it will only install from cache? Could it be that?

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