[SOLVED] Installing list of packages contained in file

AcId · 2010-09-11 19:57:23

Is it possible to install a list of packages contained in i file eg. a list created with "pacman -Qq"?

Last edited by AcId (2010-09-11 20:45:12)

lilsirecho · 2010-09-11 20:11:26

Installs by pacman of all possible types are outlined in .....man pacman...

flamelab · 2010-09-11 20:19:09

Hmm,

for pkg in `cat list.txt`;do pacman S --asdeps $pkg;done

?

karol · 2010-09-11 20:27:27

AcId wrote:

Is it possible to install a list of packages contained in i file eg. a list created with "pacman -Qq"?

Yes.

I think the wiki has some examples.

AcId · 2010-09-11 20:29:14

lilsirecho wrote:

Installs by pacman of all possible types are outlined in .....man pacman...

Pacman man-pages shows no options for installing a list of packages contained in a file, so i guess there's no built-in function for it in pacman.

But i thought that maybe you could pipe the output of "cat /path/to/file" to a "pacman -S", maybe trough a bash script or somerhing.

I tried running:

cat /path/to/file | pacman -S

But it didn't dó the trick.

karol · 2010-09-11 20:30:43

AcId wrote:

lilsirecho wrote:
Installs by pacman of all possible types are outlined in .....man pacman...
Pacman man-pages shows no options for installing a list of packages contained in a file, so i guess there's no built-in function for it in pacman.
But i thought that maybe you could pipe the output of "cat /path/to/file" to a "pacman -S", maybe trough a bash script or somerhing.
I tried running:
cat /path/to/file | pacman -S 
But it didn't dó the trick.

Please, read again flamelab's post.

anonymous_user · 2010-09-11 20:31:27

pacman -S `cat /path/to/file` works for me.

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-09-11 20:32:00)

AcId · 2010-09-11 20:34:58

flamelab wrote:

Hmm,
for pkg in `cat list.txt`;do pacman S --asdeps $pkg;done
?

Returns:

error: 'cat': could not be found or read package

So i guess 'cat' isn't being run, but used as an argument.

karol · 2010-09-11 20:37:55

AcId wrote:

flamelab wrote:
Hmm,
for pkg in `cat list.txt`;do pacman S --asdeps $pkg;done
?
Returns:
error: 'cat': could not be found or read package
So i guess 'cat' isn't being run, but used as an argument.

Are you sure you've used backticks? It seems to work for me.
`- backtick
' - single quote

Try this:

for pkg in $(cat list.txt);do pacman -S --asdeps $pkg; done

Last edited by karol (2010-09-11 20:39:20)

anonymous_user · 2010-09-11 20:38:32

Make sure you are using backquotes ` not single quotes '

wonder · 2010-09-11 20:40:59

i found this method of install packaging kinda useless. All packages will be install as explicit and you can't really get rid of bloat

AcId · 2010-09-11 20:43:17

anonymous_user wrote:

Make sure you are using backquotes ` not single quotes '

My bad; It works wondures now
Thanks y'all.

anonymous_user · 2010-09-11 20:45:18

@wonder - But the end effect would be the same as if you manually typed out the package names, wouldn't it?

AcId · 2010-09-11 20:54:52

anonymous_user wrote:

@wonder - But the end effect would be the same as if you manually typed out the package names, wouldn't it?

Yes.

pacman -S 'cat /path/to/file'

(With backsticks instead of ' - my iPhone doesn't have backsticks)
Worked for me as if i types the package names manually.

wonder · 2010-09-11 23:31:49

anonymous_user wrote:

@wonder - But the end effect would be the same as if you manually typed out the package names, wouldn't it?

no. if i use pacman -S $(cat somelist) and i decide to remove some package, pacman -Rs package would not remove the dependencies and neither pacman -Qdtq because all packages are installed explicit

anonymous_user · 2010-09-11 23:34:42

So pacman -S package1 package2 doesn't install packages explictly but pacman -S $(cat somelist) does?

karol · 2010-09-11 23:38:14

anonymous_user wrote:

So pacman -S package1 package2 doesn't install packages explictly but pacman -S $(cat somelist) does?

'pacman -S pkg1' does install pkg1 explicitly.
I think wonder was talking about the dependencies.

wonder · 2010-09-11 23:57:38

what i'm saying is that the list was done with pacman -Qq -> all packages installed, explicit and as depends. ALL of them will be install explicit with pacman -S $(cat list)

if you still want to install in the same way, the list should be generated with pacman -Qqe

Last edited by wonder (2010-09-11 23:58:53)

brisbin33 · 2010-09-12 00:44:07

This backup/restore listing of packages has been covered a couple of times. To recap the general consensus:

# backup a list of only explicitly installed packages omitting any foreign (AUR) packages:
pacman -Qqe | grep -Fvx "$(pacman -Qqm)" > ./paclog.list

# reinstall those packages (and let them pull in their own deps):
pacman -S --noconfirm --needed $(cat ./paclog.list)

# an alternate way without the subshell or [useless use of] cat
xargs pacman -S --noconfirm --needed < ./paclog.list

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