All, I would like to update a 3rd party repo index WITHOUT updating any other index. Like adding a --repo option to 'Pacman -Sy'. e.g. Pacman -Sy -r somerepo This would be handy when you want to update a 3rd party index and install updated packages WITHOUT updating core, community, extra... to avoid having to do a full system update just to get new packages from a non-arch repo. There are times when I just want to install a new external package or set of packages but not do a full update involving the kernel, etc. I've looked at all the pacman options and there does not seem to be a way to do this. (Yes - I do understand why all Arch repos must be updated together in order to avoid the partial-update issues) But, with a 3rd party repo, that isn't a concern. Is there a way to do this via pacman, and if not, is there a way to manually download the new 3rd party index and add it to the cache to accomplish the same thing? Like just replacing the current .db index in /var/lib/cache/pacman/sync with the new one?[1] What say the experts? Footnotes: [1] I am asking before trying to avoid screwing something up, so no, I haven't tried it yet. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.