---
name: "paccapability"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pacutils"
version: "0.15.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/paccapability"
---

# paccapability(1)

query libalpm capabilities

## NAME

paccapability - query libalpm capabilities

## SYNOPSIS

```
 paccapability [options] [<capability>...]
 paccapability (--help|--version)
```

## DESCRIPTION

**paccapability** provides a way to query which features libalpm was built with. Recognized capabilities are:

- •

  ALPM\_CAPABILITY\_NLS

- •

  ALPM\_CAPABILITY\_DOWNLOADER

- •

  ALPM\_CAPABILITY\_SIGNATURES

Capabilities are case-insensitive and may omit the leading `"ALPM_CAPABILITY_"`. If no capabilities are provided, all enabled capabilities will be printed, one per line.  Otherwise, each provided capability will printed, one per line, followed by a one or zero to indicate that the feature is enabled or disabled, respectively.  If any given capabilities are disabled **paccapability** will exit with a non-zero value.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Display usage information and exit.

- **--version**

  Display version information and exit.

## EXAMPLES

- Check if libalpm was built with signature checking:

  ```
   paccapability signatures >/dev/null && ...
  ```