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rusk

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Registered: 2014-05-18

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What is the difference between pacman and pacstrap?

Hello.
I'm wondering about the difference between pacman and pacstrap.
Please tell me about the difference between pacman and pacstrap.

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: What is the difference between pacman and pacstrap?

Pacman: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
pacstrap: https://projects.archlinux.org/arch-ins … acstrap.in

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ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: What is the difference between pacman and pacstrap?

pacman is the default package manager for arch
pacstrap is a tool for arch installation and shouldn't be used on installed system

rusk

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Registered: 2014-05-18

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Re: What is the difference between pacman and pacstrap?

Thank you.
I well understand and feel better.