Archlinux pacman
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There is an extensive set of documentation for pacman. This covers a few brief but important things.
Installing a package
$ sudo pacman -S <package>
Removing a package
$ sudo pacman -R <package>
Updating the system
$ sudo pacman -Syu
Installing a specific package version
If you have previously installed it
$ sudo pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/package-old_version.pkg.tar.type
To source it from the archives
$ sudo pacman -U [1]<prefix>/<package>/<version>