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---
title: "Maintenance"
tags: [ "arch" ]
---
# Package Cache
Clean the cache of old packages in `/var/cachepacman/pkg/`:
```bash
ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l
sudo pacman -Sc
ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l
```
And the same for `yay` (with `-Yc` to remove old dependencies):
```bash
ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
yay -Sc
yay -Yc
ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
```
# New Configs
If you chance a configuration file, such as `/etc/environment`, and `pacman` wants to update the file, it will place `/etc/environment.pacnew`.
Check the new files, then look at the difference between the `pacman` version, and your version.
```bash
sudo find /etc/ /var/ /usr/ -name "*.pacnew"
diff /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist*
```
Either,
- Update the files manually,
```bash
sudo -e /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
sudo rm /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
```
Or,
- use a tool like `pacdiff` to view the changes next to each other, and select them with `vim`.
```bash
sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib
sudo pacdiff
```