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#1 2007-07-13 04:37:24

omgwtfbyobbq
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Registered: 2006-07-04
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Two versions of the same package via pacman?

I'm using boinc from the AUR because it's already scattered it's files around /var/abs/local and because, well, I like boinc_gui, which likes wxgtk-2.6, but not 2.8. I was wondering if it's possible for me to use two different wxgtk packages concurrently via pacman, or do I (I'm guessing this is the case) have to install one via pacman, and install another via abs? Course, I could just symlink everything, but that's a bit sloppy imo.

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#2 2007-07-13 06:43:35

Snowman
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From: Montreal, Canada
Registered: 2004-08-20
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Re: Two versions of the same package via pacman?

Yes it's possible and there's already a package in the repo. Just install it from the extra repo.
For 2.8:
pacman -S wxgtk
For 2.6:
pacman -S wxgtk-2.6
Both can be installed at the same time.

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#3 2007-07-13 06:44:45

shining
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Registered: 2006-05-10
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Re: Two versions of the same package via pacman?

What do you mean with scattered around /var/abs/local ?
Also, I'm curious, how do you install a package from AUR ?


pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

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#4 2007-07-13 06:58:17

omgwtfbyobbq
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Re: Two versions of the same package via pacman?

Thanks Snowman, I should have looked closer at the list of wxgtk* in my cache. shining, for whatever reason, boinc used /var/abs/local as the location for some of it's xml files. To install I just use 'pacman -A *.pkg.tar.gz'.

Last edited by omgwtfbyobbq (2007-07-13 06:59:14)

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#5 2007-07-13 07:57:01

Snowman
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Re: Two versions of the same package via pacman?

omgwtfbyobbq wrote:

for whatever reason, boinc used /var/abs/local as the location for some of it's xml files.

Apps shouldn't create files in  /var/abs/local . It looks like a packaging problem. Let the maintainer know about it.

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