checkupdates

Check pending updates in Arch Linux. More information: https://manned.org/checkupdates.8.

• List pending updates:

checkupdates

• List pending updates and download the packages to the pacman cache:

checkupdates --download

• List pending updates using a specific pacman database:

CHECKUPDATES_DB=path/to/directory checkupdates

• Display help:

checkupdates --help