diff --git a/install-packages.sh b/install-packages.sh
index 334922b..304d7ba 100644
--- a/install-packages.sh
+++ b/install-packages.sh
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@ if [[ ${#packages[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Installing ${#packages[@]} packages..."
-skipped=()
-for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
-    if pacman -Si "$pkg" &>/dev/null || pacman -Sg "$pkg" &>/dev/null; then
-        sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "$pkg"
-    else
-        echo "Skipping '$pkg': not found in repositories"
-        skipped+=("$pkg")
-    fi
-done
+echo "Resolving ${#packages[@]} packages..."
+
+# Dry-run to find unknown packages (no sudo needed for --print)
+mapfile -t skipped < <(pacman -S --needed --print "${packages[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/null \
+    | grep "target not found" | awk -F': ' '{print $2}')
 
 if [[ ${#skipped[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Skipped ${#skipped[@]} package(s): ${skipped[*]}"
+    echo "Skipping ${#skipped[@]} package(s) not found: ${skipped[*]}"
+    mapfile -t packages < <(comm -23 \
+        <(printf '%s\n' "${packages[@]}" | sort) \
+        <(printf '%s\n' "${skipped[@]}" | sort))
 fi
+
+echo "Installing ${#packages[@]} packages..."
+sudo pacman -S --needed "${packages[@]}"