where are the packages?

senjin · 2006-10-20 14:47:52

This is my first post so hello everybody!

Month ago I downloaded arch64 0.7.2 cd and successfully instaled (FTP) the system. Using arch was too difficult for me that time so I gave up... I learned a bit and I tried this week again.

I chosed FTP installation. During package instalation 'man' was not found. I installed system without it.

When I type "pacman -Ss man" I get very long list, but "man" is not in that list. I copied man package from installation cd and then I could install it...

But I think it is not as it should be.

Another problem is that pacman doesn't see new packages that apear on the archlinux.org page. For example today there is new nvidia 1.0.8776-1 driver. It should be in extra repository. I have that repository in my /etc/pacman.conf (as default - I haven't edited that file), but pacman shows me only older 1.0.8774-2 version.

I'm linux and arch newbie, so maybe solution is very simple, but I don't understand it and couldn't find it in the web...

aris002 · 2006-10-20 17:17:50

AFAIK,
1. Some packages you have sync'ed are in your:
/var/cache/pacman/pkg

2. pacman updates your packages according to the list order of the repositories from your pacman.conf. Check if your extra (or others you need) are not commented with -#.

3.If you search with pacman you must use regex syntax (I guess ), e.g.

#pacman -Ss ^man
or
#pacman -Ss ^nvidia

Mr Green · 2006-10-20 17:26:41

would like to add you can run pacman -Ss as user

my2c

Snowman · 2006-10-20 17:27:08

You don't really need regex to search with pacman but in cases where there are lots of results, it might help finding what you want.

The reason pacman doesn't see the new packages on the archlinux.org list is because the mirror you are using hasn't synced yet. Depending on the mirror, they usually synced every 1-2 days so there will be a delay between the package list and the availability of the packages. You could try to reorder the mirrors in /etc/pacman.d/ to use one that sync more often. I think some of them sync several times a day.

Mr Green · 2006-10-20 17:49:55

there was a script to do that .... cannot remember what it was called

senjin · 2006-10-20 18:16:23

Thanks for replying!

So when I type ^man that means only "man" without all that "xfce-mcs-manager"?

Which mirros sync more often?

Lone_Wolf · 2006-10-22 00:08:10

for european mirrors , usually the ones that are on the university/schools networks like heanet (ireland) , surfnet (netherlands), belnet (belgium) are synced atleast once a day.

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#1 2006-10-20 14:47:52

where are the packages?

#2 2006-10-20 17:17:50

Re: where are the packages?

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