How Do I Update an Arch Linux Package?

How Do I Update an Arch Linux Package?
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How do I update arch packages?

Always make a backup before updating your system.

  1. Research the Upgrade. Visit the Arch Linux homepage, to see if there have been any breaking changes to packages that you have installed recently. …
  2. Update Respoitories. …
  3. Update PGP Keys. …
  4. Update the System. …
  5. Reboot the System.

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How often should you update Arch Linux?

You should either subscribe to the arch-announce list or check the Arch site to have a heads-up on updates that might need more than a ‘pacman -Syu’ to install properly. I have nine Archlinux machines including one VPS and I update them all 3-4 times a day.

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