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maziar

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[SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

Hi

How to get the list of installed packages without Pacman

For example: have one backup of Arch Linux and try to get the installed package list (pkg cache, not av.)

Thx

Last edited by maziar (2023-07-05 16:09:19)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

Why can't you use pacman??

If you really can't:

find /var/lib/pacman/local/ -type d -exec basename '{}' \;

Or, for a more flexible format which is actually faster than the previous example when using gnu's coreutils (and has the bonus of being sorted):

sed -n '/%NAME%/{n;h;};/%VERSION%/{n;H;x;s/\n/\t/p;}' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/desc

Last edited by Trilby (2023-07-05 14:27:14)

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Re: [SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

From the description it sounds like OP is searching for --sysroot, https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/pacm … en#OPTIONS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem

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maziar

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Re: [SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

Why can't you use Pacman??

Because I have not lived arch! I only have a backup of it on another machine!

maziar

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Re: [SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

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Last edited by maziar (2023-07-05 16:09:41)

maziar

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Re: [SOLVED] Extract Package list without pacman

From the description it sounds like OP is searching for --sysroot, https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/pacm … en#OPTIONS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem