I have a package that's installed on my PC as an dependency to another package.I would like to have the package explicitly installed, but without actually re-installing it, or downloading any files.Is this possible?update:I do not have any packages cached in /var/cache/pacman/pkg, which is one of the reasons I want to change the package detail without a re-install.Even If I had the packages cached, running pacman -S  would mean the whole install proccess is run, which I also want to avoid.
Make package explicitly installed in pacman
arch linux;package management;pacman
I found the answer on Arch Linux ForumsSince pacman 3.4 you can use# pacman -Dto modify only the database. So: # pacman -D --asexplicit <pkgs>will make <pkgs> explicitly installed.