Pacman to show all the files inside a package that is not installed

maggie · 2013-09-23 14:15:25

Can pacman list out all the files that any packages provides without having that package installed? I learned that pacman -Ql linux does this but the linux packages is installed on my system. Thanks!

Trilby · 2013-09-23 14:16:42

No, but pkgfile will.

maggie · 2013-09-23 14:29:31

I am trying to use it but it doesn't work right with my options. I want to find any package that gives a directory called "russian" but it isn't finding one I know does called "festvox-ru" as I show you:

% pkgfile -svid russian 
extra/licq 1.7.1-5              	/usr/share/licq/translations/RUSSIAN
community/gnustep-base 1.24.5-2 	/usr/lib/GNUstep/Libraries/gnustep-base/Versions/1.24/Resources/Languages/Russian
community/lout 3.40-1           	/usr/lib/lout/include/russian
community/nltk-data 2.0-7       	/usr/share/nltk_data/corpora/stopwords/russian
community/rawtherapee 1:4.0.11-1	/usr/share/rawtherapee/languages/Russian

Here you see the "russian" directory inside my filesystem with that package:

/usr/share/festival/voices/russian

Last edited by maggie (2013-09-23 14:34:13)

karol · 2013-09-23 14:43:43

maggie wrote:

Can pacman list out all the files that any packages provides without having that package installed?

Do you want something like https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … -ru/files/ ?

alphaniner · 2013-09-23 14:44:24

Maybe a bug or limitation of pkgfile. Notice that in all results returned by the search, "russian" is at the end of the path, whereas in festvox-ru it's in the middle:

$ pkgfile -l festvox-ru
...
community/festvox-ru	/usr/share/festival/voices/russian/msu_ru_nsh_clunits/lab/ru_0768.lab

Searching with regex enabled works, but the output is... excessive.

Last edited by alphaniner (2013-09-23 14:45:13)

Trilby · 2013-09-23 14:44:26

~~It seems the file list data for festvox-ru may not be properly formatted: it does not list that directory itself; contrast the following output.~~

** removed now-irrelevant example **

pkgfile -r gets by this limitation.

EDIT: I was beat to this I see. The output is only excessive with the 'v' flag along with the regex match. `pkgfile -rd russian` gives a very manageable output.

Last edited by Trilby (2013-09-23 15:05:52)

alphaniner · 2013-09-23 14:48:30

@Trilby

I think /usr/lib/lout/include/russian is not a directory.

Scimmia · 2013-09-23 15:26:08

If you download the package first, you can use "pacman -Qlp <filename>"

Last edited by Scimmia (2013-09-23 15:27:47)

maggie · 2013-09-23 16:04:38

I see. So if the target directory is not defined as a terminal one that means my search fails. Maybe falconindy can explain if this is a bug or meant to happen.

Terminal means it is a dir name that is ending in a full path but not in the middle of a path.
This is terminal: /usr/lib/lout/include/russian
This is in the middle of a path: /usr/share/festival/voices/russian/msu_ru_nsh_clunits/etc/

Last edited by maggie (2013-09-23 16:13:50)

falconindy · 2013-09-23 16:22:16

It's documented behavior in the manpage:

pkgfile(1) wrote:

MATCHING HEURISTICS
In --search mode and without the --regex or --glob option, pkgfile will attempt to match the provided target as an exact filename. If the target contains a '/' character, a full path match will be attempted. With --regex and
--glob enabled searching, pkgfile will always match against the full pathname.
In --list mode and without the --regex or --glob option, pkgfile will attempt to match the provided target as an exact package name. If the target contains a '/' character, the text before the slash will be assumed to be a
repository and the search will be restricted.

Patches welcome if this is unclear...

Chinggis6 · 2017-12-01 17:08:08

yes there is -F switch for it

one can do pacman -Fyy and then pacman -Fl pkgname

first it will download (or update) the package list that active/enabled repositories provide

and then list (installed or not) package contents locally when invoked, even without the internet connection

F is for file and its called 'file database'

i'd also like to have a switch to remove somewhat 'duplicate' (repeated) directory names from the output (of both -Ql and -Fl)

Scimmia · 2017-12-01 17:15:46

Chinggis6 wrote:

yes there is -F switch for it

There wasn't when this thread started over 4 years ago. This is exactly why you shouldn't necrobump. Go back and re-read the Code of Conduct.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

WorMzy · 2017-12-01 17:16:32

Indeed. Closing.

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