# Arch Linux System Maintainance.

DevFeed: [Arch Linux System Maintainance.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/arch-linux-system-maintainance-34672.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://fernandocejas.com/blog/engineering/2022-03-30-arch-linux-system-maintance/>)

Author: Fernando Cejas (me@fernandocejas.com)

Published: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Fernando Cejas Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fernando-cejas-blog.md>)

Topics: [Arch Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/archlinux.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>), [pacman](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pacman.md>), [maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintenance.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/upgrade.md>)

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## AI overview

A guide to maintaining Arch Linux installations. It covers system updates, troubleshooting keyring issues, cleaning the pacman cache, removing orphaned and unwanted packages, and managing cache data in the home directory.

## Source excerpt

In this guide we will walk through the most important practices **regarding system maintainance for Linux home computers.** Most of them are **Arch Linux** (and variants) specific but we can get ideas on how other distros can use and apply the same principles.