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Do not update single packages on Archlinux, but
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That is not true. Installing a package with
sudo pacman -S packagewithout updating the package list is totally supported and works without problems. Whats not recommended is to installing package and updating package list with-Sy package. So instead we should do-Syu packageand update everything on the system alongside the package.Maybe if the package list is old, then
-S packageit will only install from cache? Could it be that?Yes,
pacman -S packagewill install the version of the package that is listed in the current package database, and will not do anything to update that database.