[SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

kwbauson · 2010-08-23 20:56:18

Before installing Arch, I installed it and got the Gnome DE up and running in a virtual machine to make sure I could do it. Now I'm installing it on my real hard drive, but I'd like to avoid re-downloading all the packages I already installed in my virtual machine. I've copied all of the files from /var/cache/pacman/pkg to the same place on my hard drive, but it looks like pacman is re-downloading the packages anyway. This method worked for me when I installed Ubuntu, is there a way to do this in Arch?

Last edited by kwbauson (2010-08-23 23:43:19)

karol · 2010-08-23 21:05:10

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cus … FDVD.2Fiso

[custom]
Server = file:///mnt/cdrom/arch/pkg

Of course you have to adjust the cache localization :-)

Last edited by karol (2010-08-23 21:06:33)

Xyne · 2010-08-23 22:09:30

Are you sure that pacman is re-downloading the same packages and not newer versions? If the versions are the same then maybe the installation on the virtual machine is a different architecture.

eldragon · 2010-08-23 23:12:32

you have to copy them to /mnt/root/var/cache/pacman/pkg instead.

im not sure if its /mnt/root/ or simply /mnt/ you gotta check that out

kwbauson · 2010-08-23 23:15:57

I forgot that my virtual machine was 32bit and I was installing 64bit. Thanks anyway though!

fsckd · 2010-08-23 23:38:50

Please mark as solved, thanks.

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#1 2010-08-23 20:56:18

[SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

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Re: [SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

#3 2010-08-23 22:09:30

Re: [SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

#4 2010-08-23 23:12:32

Re: [SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

#5 2010-08-23 23:15:57

Re: [SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

#6 2010-08-23 23:38:50

Re: [SOLVED] Copy Pacman Cache from another Arch install

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