alias pacupg='sudo pacman -Syu'        # Synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system.
alias pacin='sudo pacman -S'           # Install specific package(s) from the repositories
alias pacins='sudo pacman -U'          # Install specific package not from the repositories but from a file
alias pacre='sudo pacman -R'           # Remove the specified package(s), retaining its configuration(s) and required dependencies
alias pacrem='sudo pacman -Rns'        # Remove the specified package(s), its configuration(s) and unneeded dependencies
alias pacrep='pacman -Si'              # Display information about a given package in the repositories
alias pacreps='pacman -Ss'             # Search for package(s) in the repositories
alias pacloc='pacman -Qi'              # Display information about a given package in the local database
alias paclocs='pacman -Qs'             # Search for package(s) in the local database