[SOLVED] Offline Installation Help

swapnil360 · 2012-09-20 09:23:06

I'm new to Arch. It's just 2 days since I've downloaded the iso. I installed it and it worked really nice. However, I messed up the system trying out some experiments.

Now I want to reinstall it. I have my /var/cache/pacman/pkg folder backed up. Is there a way I can skip the humongous download and install these? My ISP gives me really low bandwidth speeds. Thanks in advance.

Last edited by swapnil360 (2012-09-23 11:11:34)

ajaykumar · 2012-09-20 10:41:22

Hi swapnil360,

I always do offline installation. Use repoadd to create your custom repo on your dvd and install it when required. Check Pacman Tips for more details.

Also How to create a Custom Repo

With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

DSpider · 2012-09-20 10:49:47

Or the one above that (since you already downloaded them): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … _USB_stick

But "base" and "base-devel" is only about 150 MiB.

Last edited by DSpider (2012-09-20 10:56:57)

swapnil360 · 2012-09-21 05:32:56

ajaykumar wrote:

Hi swapnil360,
I always do offline installation. Use repoadd to create your custom repo on your dvd and install it when required. Check Pacman Tips for more details.
Also How to create a Custom Repo
With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

Thanks a lot! I bookmarked this thread for future reference as well!

DSpider wrote:

Or the one above that (since you already downloaded them): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … _USB_stick

But "base" and "base-devel" is only about 150 MiB.

I know. But my ISP is really bad. It took pactrap 1.5-2 hours to do it's job

ajaykumar · 2012-09-21 06:04:16

Hi swapnil360,

Whatever Dspider has told is fine. Just ignore the downloading thing (as you have already downloaded) and follow the other steps mentioned in the wiki.

Let us know if you encounter any problems in doing it.

ANOKNUSA · 2012-09-21 13:24:26

It may be far more worthwhile to determine what the problem you created is and solve it, rather than start over from scratch. If every time you make a mistake you simply erase it Dick Jones-style, you'll lose the opportunity to learn from it.

ajaykumar · 2012-09-21 14:44:32

Hi ANOKNUSA,

Very nice suggestion indeed. I mean its worth while mentioning that when we do mistakes, we do learn things only if we try to rectify it.:-) Thanks dude:)

swapnil360 · 2012-09-22 15:51:47

ajaykumar wrote:

Hi swapnil360,
Whatever Dspider has told is fine. Just ignore the downloading thing (as you have already downloaded) and follow the other steps mentioned in the wiki.
Let us know if you encounter any problems in doing it.

Thanks a lot for your concern. I don't think I'm going back to Ubuntu or Fedora after using Arch

ANOKNUSA wrote:

It may be far more worthwhile to determine what the problem you created is and solve it, rather than start over from scratch. If every time you make a mistake you simply erase it Dick Jones-style, you'll lose the opportunity to learn from it.

I know how to solve it. I had the backups of the original files I've changed as well but I was short of time. The changes were so much that reinstallation (without download) was a quicker option

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