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szymon gruszczynski

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Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 15

problem with pacman :-/

welcome to everyone!!! it's my first post on this forum.
but ad rem:

i've got a small problem: i've installed a arch 7.2 'gimmick' in base-mode system (but i've got a 'full' cd), so shortly after restart i tried to install some X's.

but there is a problem: i dont have an internet connection (i.e. from Arch), so i've copied all pkg's from cd to hdd (onto a FAT partition) into g:/Arch/pkg/ directory.
i've mounted it onto /mnt/win/g/Arch/pkg/

my pacman.conf:

[custom]
Server = file:///mnt/win/g/Arch/pkg

when i'm putting pacman -A xorg-server-<something>.pkg.tr.gz there is an information

error: unsatisfied dependencies:
loading package data... done.

xorg-server: requires libxkbui

xorg-server: requires libxi

xorg-server: requires libxxf86misc

xorg-server: requires libxfont

xorg-server: requires libxrender

xorg-server: requires libdmx

xorg-server: requires liblbxutil

xorg-server: requires libxaw

xorg-server: requires libxxf86vm

xorg-server: requires xorg-fonts-misc

when i'm trying to install dependencing program, it has another dependencies and so on...

what should i do?

PS. and sorry abaut my english....
bye, szymon gruszczynski

phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: problem with pacman :-/

The packages on the CD are not real repo packages - a pacman repo needs a db file generated via gensync.

Your options are to either gensync what is there on your disk (you need the PKGBUILDS too) or use pacman -A to install from a file.

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Romashka

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Registered: 2005-12-07

Posts: 1,054

Re: problem with pacman :-/

The packages on the CD are not real repo packages - a pacman repo needs a db file generated via gensync.

Your options are to either gensync what is there on your disk (you need the PKGBUILDS too) or use pacman -A to install from a file.

Wouldn't it be better to put current.db.tar.gz on the next official ISO? (and base.db.tar.gz on base ISO). This will make adding packages from CD after install is finished more easy.

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: problem with pacman :-/

Wouldn't it be better to put current.db.tar.gz on the next official ISO? (and base.db.tar.gz on base ISO). This will make adding packages from CD after install is finished more easy.

Agreed.  I also thing it might be nice for some to distribute CDs with just packages on them. It couldn't hurt, really.

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szymon gruszczynski

Member

Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 15

Re: problem with pacman :-/

hi.
after i mount cd onto /dev/cd and after command pacman -A xorg-server-(full_name).pkg.tar.gz <enter> there is this:

loading package date..... done
error: unsatisfied dependencies:
xorg server: requires libxbui (etc..).

but i've found a script from:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cus … nd_gensync

i've used this second script, so i wrote (as root)

./custom_db.bash /mnt/win/g/Arch/pkg

it taked few minuts, it had created a file in
/tmp/pkgdb/custom.db.tar.gz

and... what should i do with it? i know, mayby it's a stupid question, but i read a pacman's man-page and still i've got no idea....

szymon

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: problem with pacman :-/

try the following:

# mv /tmp/pkgdb/custom.db.tar.gz /mnt/win/g/Arch/pkg
pacman -Sy
pacman -S xorg

I'm not sure if this works but I think its worth a try..

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szymon gruszczynski

Member

Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 15

Re: problem with pacman :-/

thanks! it works!!! =:-> thanks once again!!!

szymon