Configuration file reference: Arch manual pages

You can directly copy and replace your pacman.conf file (remember to back up)

This article is part of the ArchLinux Configuration Guide.

Of course, you can also read it separately

My Configuration File

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
#HookDir     = /home/xz/.local/share/pacman.d/hooks
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
CleanMethod = KeepCurrent
Architecture = auto

#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
#SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
SigLevel = PackageRequired
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

[archlinuxcn]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/archlinuxcn-mirrorlist

Differences from Default Configuration

• Doesn’t save previous versions of installed packages
• Colored output
• Displays total installation progress
• Doesn’t request sig files from repositories (many mirror sources don’t have sig files, and packages with errors won’t pass pacman’s gpg signature verification)
• Configured archlinuxcn repository

Adding archlinuxcn Repository

Adding archlinuxcn Configuration

Add the following at the end of pacman.conf:

[archlinuxcn]
Server = https://repo.archlinuxcn.org/$arch

Download archlinuxcn-related packages:

• archlinuxcn-keyring (GPG signature for archlinuxcn, without this you can’t install any packages from archlinuxcn)
• archlinuxcn-mirrorlist-git (archlinuxcn mirror list, making your configuration more standardized) (Optional)

Configure archlinuxcn mirrors:

• Modify /etc/pacman.d/archlinuxcn-mirrorlist by uncommenting the mirrors you want to use
• Change the archlinuxcn section in pacman.conf to:

[archlinuxcn]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/archlinuxcn-mirrorlist

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