Shelly Rosetta

Shelly Rosetta is a reference for pacman commands and their equivalent Shelly commands. It is intended to help users who are familiar with pacman to transition to Shelly.

Install or update

pacman	shelly shortcode	shelly longcode	Description
pacman -S package	shelly -SI package	shelly install package	(Re)Install a package
pacman -Syu	shelly -SU or shelly	shelly upgrade	Perform a system update
pacman -Syu package	shelly -SIu package	shelly install --upgrade package	Install a package and do a system update
n/a	shelly -UK	shelly check-updates	Check for updates
pacman -U URL	shelly -SI URL	shelly install URL	Download and install a .pkg.tar.zst package from the internet

Search or information

pacman/related	shelly shortcode	shelly longcode	Description
pacman -Ss package	shelly -SQa package	shelly query --available package	Search the arch/cachy repos
pacman -Si package	shelly -SQad package	shelly query --available --detail package	Get detailed information about a package in the arch/cachy repos
pacman -Qs package	shelly -SQi package	shelly query --installed package	Search locally installed package names
pacman -Qi package	shelly -SQ package	shelly query --installed --detail package	Get detailed information for a locally installed package
yay -Ss package	shelly -ASs package	shelly aur search --standard package	Search for a package in the standard repos and AUR alias dat-ass="shelly -ASs"
yay -Si package	shelly -ASd package	shelly aur search --detail package	Get detailed information about a package in the AUR
pacman -Qm	shelly -AL	shelly aur list	List packages installed from the AUR.
pacman -Qe package	n/a	n/a	List all explicitly installed packages. This is primarily used for package list backup purposes like with pacman -Qqe, but shelly export covers that

Remove

pacman	shelly shortcode	shelly longcode	Description
pacman -R package	shelly -SR package	shelly remove package	Remove a single package, leaving all of its dependencies installed
pacman -Rs package	shelly -SR package	shelly remove --cascade package	Remove a package and its dependencies which are not required by any other installed package
pacman -Rsc package	shelly -SRi package	shelly remove --cascade --ripple	Remove a package, its dependencies and all the packages that depend on the target package. Be very careful running this
pacman -Rdd package	shelly -SRf	shelly remove --force	Remove a package, skipping any dependency checks. This can break your system. Only run if advanced user or directed by support
pacman -Sc	shelly -UCi	shelly cache-clean --uninstalled	Clean the local package cache of uninstalled packages
pacman -Scc	shelly -UCk 0	shelly cache-clean --keep 0	Clean the local package cache of all packages
pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rns -	shelly -SPo	shelly purify --orphans	Remove packages that were installed as a dependency and are no longer required by any package, aka orphans

Downgrading

pacman/related	shelly shortcode	shelly longcode	Description
downgrade package	shelly -SD package	shelly downgrade package	Revert a package you have installed to an earlier cached version or cachy repo version if available.