How to install packages from local folder

jasonwryan · 2011-05-31 10:14:45

Not bumping means learning to use the 'Edit' button...

tomk · 2011-05-31 21:43:46

Back in post #15, I asked you to post some output and your conf file, using forum code tags. Your list of actions above is not much use without that exact output - selective quoting/paraphrasing is just not good enough.

Also, nobody else has mentioned this, so I will: Arch is not the right choice for people with restricted internet access. Yes, you can get it to work, but there are more suitable options in your situation.

fukawi2 · 2011-05-31 23:11:09

ccpplinux wrote:

4. Then I copied the file extra-os.db to the folder /var/lib/pacman/sync/

Do not do that. That path is for pacman to manage; You should not touch it unless you *really* know what you are doing, in which case you wouldn't be asking for help here.

ccpplinux wrote:

8. The same error message in case of command pacman -Syu wvdial

Try `pacman -Syyu` then `pacman -S wvdial`

EDIT: Spelling.

Last edited by fukawi2 (2011-05-31 23:12:18)

stryder · 2011-06-01 02:21:11

If all you want is to install wvdial just point CacheDir to /mnt/external_hd/Arch_Linux/Extra-OS in your pacman.conf. You can change it back once you are done. Or just copy all the relevant packages to /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Pacman will assume that you have already downloaded all the relevant packages. This is assuming that you have synced properly.

Also vfat is not the best filesystem for the packages as some of the files have characters that vfat does not recognise in their file names, specifically the colon. You may have problems if you -Syyu as some core files have the colon in their version number. wvstreams is ok, I checked.

karol · 2011-06-01 08:32:39

stryder wrote:

If all you want is to install wvdial

ccpplinux wrote:

I have downloaded all arch linux packages from the following URLs:
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/i686/
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/i686/
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/i686/
...

I hope OP wants something more than just wvdial :-)

stryder · 2011-06-01 10:40:47

karol wrote:

I hope OP wants something more than just wvdial :-)

... meaning, and not how to set up a local repository, since he can install almost anything else in the way I described.

fsckd · 2011-06-06 13:46:13

What's wrong with pacman -U /mnt/external_hd/Arch_Linux/Extra-OS-2/wvdial-1.61-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz?

karol · 2011-06-06 13:47:25

fsckd wrote:

What's wrong with pacman -U /mnt/external_hd/Arch_Linux/Extra-OS-2/wvdial-1.61-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz?

OP says it doesn't pull the deps.

fukawi2 · 2011-06-06 22:56:33

fsckd wrote:

What's wrong with pacman -U /mnt/external_hd/Arch_Linux/Extra-OS-2/wvdial-1.61-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz?

I don't believe pacman will look for deps in the same dir, only in the configured repos in from pacman.conf so none of the deps will be installed from /mnt/external_hd......

falconindy · 2011-06-07 00:39:34

pacman --cachedir /foo/cache -U .....

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