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gbc921

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[SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Hello, I've been using Arch since a while and I have a doubt in pacman:

How can I install multiple packages in the same context? For example, to install all xorg packages I would do it:

sudo pacman -S xorg-*

with asterisk like searching something.

But, this is not the way. Have a correctly way to do this, maybe aggregating some search instead of asterisk?

Thanks.

Last edited by gbc921 (2011-08-05 03:33:25)

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falconindy

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Well, it's a bad example because there's an xorg group (which should be avoided), but ignore that and roll with it... Keep in mind that pacman supports regex, not globbing.

$ pacman -Ss ^xorg- | sudo pacman -S -

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gbc921

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Yes, I've thought about that after I posted it! Rs

However I tried it with the xorg-server and it did work just for the first package, not for all.

I tried this:

$ pacman -Ss ^xorg-server | sudo pacman -S --needed -
warning: xorg-server-1.10.3-2 is up to date -- skipping
error: target not found: 1.10.3-2

Assuming that I "want" to install all this packages:

extra/xorg-server
extra/xorg-server-common
extra/xorg-server-devel
extra/xorg-server-utils

... and so on

What I've done wrong?!

Thanks!

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falconindy

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Sorry, -Ssq. Look at the output with and without the -q to see why.

Last edited by falconindy (2011-08-05 03:12:05)

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gbc921

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Oh! Now it works! Haha
I've seen the difference!

Thanks!

PS.: How can I put [Solved] to this topic?! I've not found how to edit the topic's title or put a "flag" to this. I have just to unsubscribe to this topic?
Or in this topic I do not need to put it? (Yes, I'm new to the forum. Haha)
Thanks again.

Last edited by gbc921 (2011-08-05 03:28:37)

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

To mark a topic solved just edit your title by editing your first post and append/prepend [solved] to the title.

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gbc921

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Re: [SOLVED] Question - Install various packages

Thanks!
I've done it!

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