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Automate package management with these awesome scripts

Here are commands that will make you look like a hacker  8)

Requirements:
FZF
Xargs (it's in the package findutils)
Pacman (of course)

For installing:
pacman -Slq | fzf --multi --preview 'pacman -Si {1}' | xargs -ro sudo pacman -S"

For uninstalling:
pacman -Qq | fzf --multi --preview 'pacman -Qi {1}' | xargs -ro sudo pacman -R

For purging:
pacman -Qq | fzf --multi --preview 'pacman -Qi {1}' | xargs -ro sudo pacman -Rns

it is recommended to bind them to an alias

The result: