Reference

pacman-db-upgrade(8)

upgrade the local pacman database to a newer format

NAME

pacman-db-upgrade - upgrade the local pacman database to a newer format

SYNOPSIS

pacman-db-upgrade [options]

DESCRIPTION

pacman-db-upgrade is a script that upgrades the local database used by pacman(8) to a newer format.

Options

*-h, \--help*::
Show the built-in help message and exit.
*-V, \--version*::
Show version information and exit.
*-d, \--dbpath* <path>::
Set an alternate database location.
*-r, \--root* <path>::
Set an alternate installation root.
*\--config* <path>::
Set an alternate configuration file.
*\--nocolor*::
Remove color from output.
See Also

pacman(8)

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 <[email protected]>

• Andrew Gregory <[email protected]>

• Morgan Adamiec <[email protected]>

Past major contributors:

• Judd Vinet <[email protected]>

• Aurelien Foret <[email protected]>

• Aaron Griffin <[email protected]>

• Dan McGee <[email protected]>

• Xavier Chantry <[email protected]>

• Nagy Gabor <[email protected]>

• Dave Reisner <[email protected]>

• Eli Schwartz <[email protected]>

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

History

--config until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --dbpath until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --help until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --nocolor until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --root until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --version until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -V until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -d until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -h until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -r until Debian 12 (Bookworm).