PACSCRIPTS(8)

📦 version 1.13.1, in arch rolling

💅 pacscripts(8) — the paccie-scripts printerrr ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to pacscripts, section 8 of the Pacman-contrib Manual, and it's literally the cutest little script-dumper in the whole Arch ecosystem 🎀

🦋 NAME

pacscripts — print out the {pre,post}_{install,remove,upgrade} scripts of a given package. yes, the actual hook scripts. the receipts. the lore. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS

pacscripts [--nocolor] <pkgname | pkgfile>

like, you either hand it a pkgname or a pkgfile, bestie. pick one. slay.

💖 DESCRIPTION

pacscripts will print the {pre,post}_{install,remove,upgrade} scripts of a given package. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "show me the hidden machinery" and honestly? obsessed. 🧚

Example:

pacscripts gconf-editor

Example:

pacscripts gconf-editor-3.0.1-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

see how the second one is a whole-ass package file? yeah. both work. iykyk 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — Display syntax and command-line options. your little "help meee" button, except it actually helps 🫶
  • -m, --nocolor — Do not colorize output. for when the rainbow is too much (rude, but okay) 🌈
  • -V, --version — Display version information. proof that this icon exists ⭐
ngl the synopsis up top only shows --nocolor, and the option list says -m. both are correct, don't come for me 💀

👀 SEE ALSO

pacman(8) — the main character, obvs. go say hi.

💀 BUGS

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. 🎀

But if we happen to be wrong — file an issue with as much detail as possible at:

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new

"if we happen to be wrong" is sending me, honestly 😭 but like, fr fr, give them all the details.

🫶 AUTHORS

Current maintainers:

  • Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>
  • Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>

For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman-contrib.git repository. go give the whole squad their flowers 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this absolute banger comes to you courtesy of Pacman-contrib 1.13.1, dated 2025-12-11 — eat it up, no cap 💖✨🎀

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