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paclock

Lock/unlock the libalpm database (used by pacman) to prevent or allow simultaneous package management operations. More information: https://github.com/andrewgregory/pacutils/blob/master/doc/paclock.pod.

  • Lock the database:

paclock

  • Write the lock file path to stdout (without locking the database):

paclock --print

  • Unlock the database:

paclock --unlock

  • Display help:

paclock --help

  • Display version:

paclock --version