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#1 2020-10-27 22:50:56

shoelesshunter
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From: USA
Registered: 2014-05-18
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reinstalling Arch and all it's applications

I want to reinstall Arch to layout my storage a bit better.

Is there a way to dump my present pacman db and re-import it into the new install. I essentially want to keep all existing applications. Including those from the AUR if that is possible.

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#2 2020-10-27 22:52:54

GaKu999
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From: US/Eastern
Registered: 2020-06-21
Posts: 696

Re: reinstalling Arch and all it's applications

shoelesshunter wrote:

I want to reinstall Arch to layout my storage a bit better.

Is there a way to dump my present pacman db and re-import it into the new install. I essentially want to keep all existing applications. Including those from the AUR if that is possible.

Clone somewhere, change layout, clone back, fix fstab & bootloader and you're done.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rs … em_cloning


My reposSome snippets

Heisenberg might have been here.

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#3 2020-10-27 23:51:24

Trilby
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Re: reinstalling Arch and all it's applications


"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" -  Richard Stallman

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#4 2020-10-28 01:37:22

fukawi2
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Re: reinstalling Arch and all it's applications

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct#How_to_post wrote:

When asking questions, provide as much information as possible, including error messages, terminal output, logs, what you have previously tried, what documentation and searches you have attempted, and related configuration files.

Don't be a vampire, there is lots of documentation available. If none of that is suitable, explain what you've read and why it doesn't work for your use case.

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