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Modern software development relies heavily on a way to manage dependencies, i.e. to keep track of required software libraries and their versions. Examples are `apt` for Linux, `homebrew` for macOS, `maven` for Java and `pip` for Python.

Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management.
While Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management, the `pacman.exe` command is only bundled with the Git for Windows SDK, not the normal installer.

## How to use `pacman`

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