This might be what you want, set your /etc/pacman.conf file to include "VerbosePkgLists" under "[options]"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Comparing_versions_before_updating Feb 20, 2026, 19:17 by [email protected]: > Hi, apologies for the very basic question, but I've relatively recently > switched to Arch and am trying to improve my practices, in this case by > actually reading what packages will be updated before just leisurely > pressing `Y' (what are your habits?). > > However, when running `pacman -Syu', there is a long line of packages > listed rather than in a column, which makes it hard to read. Is it > possible to get the listing in a column to make it easier to read before > updating? > > Cheers, > > Styx >
