---
name: "pacman-conf"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pacman"
version: "7.1.0.r9.g54d9411-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pacman-conf"
---

# pacman-conf(8)

query pacman's configuration file

## NAME

pacman-conf - query pacman's configuration file

## SYNOPSIS

*pacman-conf* \[options\] \[\<directive\> ...\]

*pacman-conf* (--repo-list\|--help\|--version)

## DESCRIPTION

*pacman-conf* is a utility for parsing the *pacman* configuration file and returning script-friendly output. It is designed to properly handle non-trivial configuration features such as variable interpolation and the use of the Include directive, and guarantees that it will return the same configuration values which *pacman* itself would use.

*pacman-conf* will output the fully-resolved contents of the configuration file by default, or, if provided with the name of a configuration directive, output the contents of the given directive alone.

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --config** \<path\>

  Specify an alternate configuration file.

- **-R, --rootdir** \<path\>

  Specify an alternate installation root (default is /).

- **-r, --repo** \<repository\>

  Query options for a specific repository.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Always shown directive names.

- **-l, --repo-list**

  List configured repositories.

- **-h, --help**

  Output syntax and command line options.

- **-V, --version**

  Display version and exit.

## EXAMPLES

pacman-conf -r core Usage

Show the value of the Usage configuration option for core repository.

pacman-conf HoldPkg

Show the value of the HoldPkg configuration option.

## SEE ALSO

[**pacman.conf**(5)](/pacman.conf/5.md)

See the pacman website at https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for current information on pacman and its related tools.

## BUGS

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, please report them to the issue tracker at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues with specific information such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database if it helps.

## AUTHORS

Current maintainers:

• Allan McRae \<allan@archlinux.org\>

• Andrew Gregory \<andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com\>

• Morgan Adamiec \<morganamilo@archlinux.org\>

Past major contributors:

• Judd Vinet \<jvinet@zeroflux.org\>

• Aurelien Foret \<aurelien@archlinux.org\>

• Aaron Griffin \<aaron@archlinux.org\>

• Dan McGee \<dan@archlinux.org\>

• Xavier Chantry \<shiningxc@gmail.com\>

• Nagy Gabor \<ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu\>

• Dave Reisner \<dreisner@archlinux.org\>

• Eli Schwartz \<eschwartz@archlinux.org\>

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