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Origynet

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From: France - Cannes

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 101

Pacman Question...

Hello,

So I've been running Arch for a few months now and I'm more than satisfied with it and it's package manager Pacman.

I had only one question. I come from Zenwalk which uses the netpkg command to mange the packages, though alternatively, there was a mean to install downloaded package without internet connection (ie. I download a package on the net from any computer, and then put it on my zenwalk which was not connected to the internet) using the installpkg command.

I was wondering if there were a way to download package manually and then to install it on arch with pacman (without having an internet connection on arch).

I'm not sure if that's really clear, though I hope someone can throw some light on my Arch way

Thanks in advance !

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Piou Piou

[vEX]

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-11-23

Posts: 450

Re: Pacman Question...

pacman -U /path/to/package.tar.gz should work, for more info check the man page.

EDIT: If you're using Pacman 2.9.8 use the -A flag instead, it's been deprecated in 3.0.x.

Last edited by [vEX] (2007-05-23 11:02:03)

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majikstreet

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Registered: 2006-07-31

Posts: 96

Re: Pacman Question...

Yes -- you can download packages from mirrors then use pacman -A packagename.pkg.tar.gz to install it

majikstreet

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mitsoko

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From: In the Coal Chamber

Registered: 2007-05-08

Posts: 143

Re: Pacman Question...

also, be sure to put them in /var/cache/pacman/pkg if there are multiple pkgs including dependencies

Origynet

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From: France - Cannes

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 101

Re: Pacman Question...

Thanks for all !
I'm using pacman 3, so I guess pacman -U will do the job.

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