paru has some nice features that I rarely use, and hav to look up when I need them. Here are two commands to help with dependency management.


 paru -Qii nodejs
Name            : nodejs
Version         : 21.7.2-1
Description     : Evented I/O for V8 javascript
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://nodejs.org/
Licenses        : MIT
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : icu  libuv  libnghttp2  libnghttp3  libngtcp2  openssl  zlib  brotli  c-ares
Optional Deps   : npm: nodejs package manager [installed]
Required By     : node-gyp  nodejs-nopt  npm  semver
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 46.86 MiB
Packager        : Felix Yan <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Thu 04 Apr 2024 05:11:09 AM CDT
Install Date    : Mon 15 Apr 2024 07:27:02 AM CDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature
Backup Files    : None
Extended Data   : pkgtype=pkg

You can check all the packages depended on by nodejs by running the following. This is everything from all of the repos you have configured, not what you have installed.


 pactree --reverse --sync --depth 1 nodejs

nodejs
├─acorn
├─ansible-language-server
├─asar
├─babel-cli
├─babel-core
├─bash-language-server
├─blinksocks
├─bower
├─browserify
├─coffeescript
├─dot-language-server
├─emscripten
├─eslint
├─eslint-language-server
├─eslint_d
├─gitlab
├─gnomon
├─grunt-cli
├─gtop
├─gulp
├─hedgedoc
├─jake
├─markdownlint-cli2
├─marked
├─marked-man
├─matrix-appservice-irc
├─modclean
├─node-gyp
├─nodejs-emojione
├─nodejs-material-design-icons
├─nodejs-nopt
├─nodejs-source-map
├─nodejs-yaml
├─npm
├─openui5
├─pm2
├─prettier
├─pyright
├─rapydscript-ng
├─s3rver
├─semver
├─serverless
├─stylelint
├─stylus
├─svelte-language-server
├─tailwindcss-language-server
├─ts-node
├─typescript
├─typescript-svelte-plugin
├─uglify-js
├─vscode-css-languageserver
├─vscode-html-languageserver
├─vscode-json-languageserver
├─vue-language-server
├─vue-typescript-plugin
├─wasm-bindgen
├─web-ext
├─wrangler
├─yaml-language-server
├─yarn