Packages to install over the base packages

venky80 · 2008-02-22 05:05:06

I have a KDE MOD arch installation and I have installed lots of packages, my question is how can I find a list of packages which I can install over the base install so that I can get all the programs installed which I have now....
for example i want to install the base arch install and then do something like
pacman -Sy xorg firefox truecrypt etc etc..
Please advice, I have tried various pacman commands but iam unable to get what i need.
Thanks,

tigrmesh · 2008-02-22 05:51:04

I found this in my notes:

backup solution - restore my system with the same packages installed

pacman -Q | awk '{ print $1 }' > pkglist

to store the names of all pkgs installed

then if you would like to install them all again you will just need to type

pacman -S `cat pkglist`

venky80 · 2008-02-22 08:51:10

well this will install packages which are pulled as dependencies...iam looking for the minimum packages which will pull the rest as dependencies

ibendiben · 2008-02-22 09:20:56

For explicitly installed packages only, use:

pacman -Qe | cut -d' ' -f1 >pkglist

You have to bare in mind that foreigners (packages not in core/extra/community) will give you problems though...
To filter such packages out you could do:

pacman -Qm | cut -d' ' -f1 >foreigners
grep -vf foreigners pkglist >toinstall

Hope this helps!

venky80 · 2008-02-22 16:18:01

I will try it, thank you very much

venky80 · 2008-02-23 17:22:50

ok tried it and it worked now I have one more request out of the packages to be installed I want to split them according to core extra community ...is it possible
Thanks for all the help

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#1 2008-02-22 05:05:06

Packages to install over the base packages

#2 2008-02-22 05:51:04

Re: Packages to install over the base packages

#3 2008-02-22 08:51:10

Re: Packages to install over the base packages

#4 2008-02-22 09:20:56

Re: Packages to install over the base packages

#5 2008-02-22 16:18:01

Re: Packages to install over the base packages

#6 2008-02-23 17:22:50

Re: Packages to install over the base packages

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