diff --git a/alpm/src/add.rs b/alpm/src/add.rs
index 70e3f90..6f14e4a 100644
--- a/alpm/src/add.rs
+++ b/alpm/src/add.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use crate::{Alpm, Error, LoadedPackage, Package};
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::fmt;
 
-use alpm_sys::*;
+use crate::{Alpm, Error, LoadedPackage, Package, Result};
 
-use std::fmt;
+use alpm_sys::*;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub unsafe trait IntoPkgAdd: fmt::Debug {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ unsafe impl IntoPkgAdd for LoadedPackage<'_> {
 }
 
 impl Alpm {
-    pub fn trans_add_pkg<P: IntoPkgAdd>(&self, pkg: P) -> Result<(), AddError<P>> {
+    pub fn trans_add_pkg<P: IntoPkgAdd>(&self, pkg: P) -> std::result::Result<(), AddError<P>> {
         let ret = unsafe { alpm_add_pkg(self.as_ptr(), pkg.as_alpm_pkg_t()) };
         let ok = self.check_ret(ret);
         match ok {
@@ -38,6 +39,38 @@ impl Alpm {
             Err(err) => Err(AddError { error: err, pkg }),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Add a package to the transaction by name, searching all sync databases.
+    ///
+    /// This is a convenience method that searches all registered sync databases
+    /// for a package matching the given name and adds it to the transaction.
+    /// It avoids borrow checker conflicts that occur when holding `&Package`
+    /// references across transaction operations like `trans_prepare()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// use alpm::{Alpm, SigLevel, TransFlag};
+    ///
+    /// let mut handle = Alpm::new("/", "/var/lib/pacman").unwrap();
+    /// handle.register_syncdb("core", SigLevel::NONE).unwrap();
+    /// let names = ["linux", "base"];
+    ///
+    /// handle.trans_init(TransFlag::empty()).unwrap();
+    /// for name in names {
+    ///     handle.trans_add_pkg_by_name(name).unwrap();
+    /// }
+    /// handle.trans_prepare().unwrap();
+    /// handle.trans_commit().unwrap();
+    /// handle.trans_release().unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn trans_add_pkg_by_name<S: Into<Vec<u8>>>(&self, name: S) -> Result<()> {
+        let name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+        let dbs = unsafe { alpm_get_syncdbs(self.as_ptr()) };
+        let pkg = unsafe { alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(self.as_ptr(), dbs, name.as_ptr()) };
+        self.check_null(pkg)?;
+        let ret = unsafe { alpm_add_pkg(self.as_ptr(), pkg) };
+        self.check_ret(ret)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/alpm/src/remove.rs b/alpm/src/remove.rs
index 7246265..f9c41e2 100644
--- a/alpm/src/remove.rs
+++ b/alpm/src/remove.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::ffi::CString;
+
 use crate::{Alpm, Package, Result};
 
 use alpm_sys::*;
@@ -7,4 +9,34 @@ impl Alpm {
         let ret = unsafe { alpm_remove_pkg(self.as_ptr(), pkg.as_ptr()) };
         self.check_ret(ret)
     }
+
+    /// Remove a package from the transaction by name.
+    ///
+    /// This is a convenience method that looks up the package in the local database
+    /// and adds it to the removal transaction. It avoids borrow checker conflicts
+    /// that occur when holding `&Package` references across transaction operations
+    /// like `trans_prepare()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// use alpm::{Alpm, TransFlag};
+    ///
+    /// let mut handle = Alpm::new("/", "/var/lib/pacman").unwrap();
+    /// let names = ["package1", "package2"];
+    ///
+    /// handle.trans_init(TransFlag::empty()).unwrap();
+    /// for name in names {
+    ///     handle.trans_remove_pkg_by_name(name).unwrap();
+    /// }
+    /// handle.trans_prepare().unwrap();
+    /// handle.trans_commit().unwrap();
+    /// handle.trans_release().unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn trans_remove_pkg_by_name<S: Into<Vec<u8>>>(&self, name: S) -> Result<()> {
+        let name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+        let pkg = unsafe { alpm_db_get_pkg(alpm_get_localdb(self.as_ptr()), name.as_ptr()) };
+        self.check_null(pkg)?;
+        let ret = unsafe { alpm_remove_pkg(self.as_ptr(), pkg) };
+        self.check_ret(ret)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/alpm/src/trans.rs b/alpm/src/trans.rs
index 218839f..0d48a0f 100644
--- a/alpm/src/trans.rs
+++ b/alpm/src/trans.rs
@@ -319,6 +319,31 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(deps.causing_pkg().unwrap(), "curl");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_trans_remove_by_name() {
+        let mut handle = Alpm::new("/", "tests/db").unwrap();
+        let flags = TransFlag::DB_ONLY | TransFlag::NO_LOCK;
+
+        handle.set_log_cb((), logcb);
+        handle.set_event_cb((), eventcb);
+
+        handle.trans_init(flags).unwrap();
+        handle.trans_remove_pkg_by_name("curl").unwrap();
+        let err = handle.trans_prepare().unwrap_err();
+        let err = err.data().unwrap();
+
+        let PrepareData::UnsatisfiedDeps(deps) = err else {
+            panic!("error is not UnsatisfiedDeps");
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(deps.len(), 1);
+        let deps = deps.first().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(deps.depend().name(), "curl");
+        assert_eq!(deps.target(), "pacman");
+        assert_eq!(deps.causing_pkg().unwrap(), "curl");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_trans_conflict() {
         let mut handle = Alpm::new("/", "tests/db").unwrap();