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TheDoctor

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2005-06-28

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Hierarchal list of packages

Is there a hierarchal list of packages that are available for arch?  I find it a bit frustrating having to go to the website and do a search for the package before I can get the proper name of the package to install it.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Hierarchal list of packages

I don't think there's a list.

To search for all packages having ftp in their name/description:
pacman -Ss ftp

To list all available packages:
pacman -Sl

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Hierarchal list of packages

List all packages in a repo: pacman -Sl <repo>
List all groups: pacman -Sg
List all packages in a group: pacman -Sg <group>

There's all sorts of other stuff - check out the man page.

TheDoctor

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2005-06-28

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Re: Hierarchal list of packages

Thanks, once I get back into my arch machine I'll play around with those options.  I've only been an archer since Sunday, Slack before that, so I'm used to the 'disk sets'.  It'll take a couple weeks to get back up to speed.

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

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Re: Hierarchal list of packages

you can also use pacmenu to view all the available packages.

arooaroo

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2005-01-13

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Re: Hierarchal list of packages

or Jacman </plug>

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