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#1 2010-12-01 02:54:37
- Blasting
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[SOLVED] "Clone" packages on comp #1 to comp #2?
I have a dilemma that's kinda hard to search for on the archlinux forums.
I have an old archlinux install on computer #1, and now I have a new clean install on computer #2, is there any way for me to install all the packages computer #1 has on computer #2 with relative ease? Doing it manually would take forever.
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#2 2010-12-01 03:06:57
- Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] "Clone" packages on comp #1 to comp #2?
# comp 1
pacman -Qqe > installed.txt
# comp 2
pacman -S $(cat installed.txt)Not the -Qe lists only "explicitly installed" packages. That way, dependencies stay installed as dependencies.
Copy all the files from /var/cache/pacman/pkg from comp 1 to comp 2 to prevent having to download them again.
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#3 2010-12-01 03:16:26
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Re: [SOLVED] "Clone" packages on comp #1 to comp #2?
To add to Allan's response, if you have packages that you installed from the AUR or otherwise aren't in the repositories you can find these with pacman -Qemq >aur_pkg.txt and should remove those from the other file list.
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#4 2010-12-01 04:22:27
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Re: [SOLVED] "Clone" packages on comp #1 to comp #2?
Worked like a charm, thanks alot! 
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