installed packages by group

venky80 · 2008-02-25 16:26:10

How can I get a list of installed packages grouped by core, test community etc.
I want to create a text file of all the packages which are there in my system and use it as a reference for re-installation.
Also is there is a way to find the minimal list of packages to be installed over the core packages, that would be awesome.
So in shot the requirement is core install+ minimal list of packages which will pull all the dependency to install all the packages which are in my system.

thank you

Cerebral · 2008-02-25 16:40:07

This might help:

$ #To list all packages on your system:
$ pacman -Q
$ #To list all packages you've explicitly installed that are not required by another package
$ pacman -Qet
$ #To list all packages that are not required by another package
$ pacman -Qt

To get a list of installed packages grouped by repo would be a bit more work... something like this should work, though it's not too efficient

#!/bin/bash

rm /tmp/repo-pkgs.txt /tmp/local-pkgs.txt /tmp/local-pkgs-sorted.txt

pacman -Ss | grep -v "^ " | cut -f1 -d' ' | sort > /tmp/repo-pkgs.txt
pacman -Q | cut -f1 -d' ' | sort > /tmp/local-pkgs.txt
for pkg in $(cat /tmp/local-pkgs.txt); do
    grep ".*/$pkg\$" /tmp/repo-pkgs.txt >> /tmp/local-pkgs-sorted.txt
done

cat /tmp/local-pkgs-sorted.txt | sort

Last edited by Cerebral (2008-02-25 16:42:47)

venky80 · 2008-02-25 16:47:48

Thanks cerebral,
The 2nd part is what I wanted.
Now how will I get the minimal list of packages which are not in core which if I install over the core packages I will pull all the packages which I have currently...
I mean something like core install + Pacman -Sy package 1 package 2 etc etc
where package 1 , 2 are in community test or in some other repository?
Thanks

venky80 · 2012-04-16 22:06:42

is there a better way to do this in pacman 4.0?

skunktrader · 2012-04-16 23:59:09

pacman -Qeq

should give you a list of all the packages that you have explicitly installed -- it will exclude packages that were installed because they were dependencies.

Last edited by skunktrader (2012-04-17 00:22:46)

ngoonee · 2012-04-17 01:31:33

Even if it IS your own thread, don't necro it. And read the man page rather than asking someone else to write a script for you (which is basically what you're asking here).

Closed.

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#1 2008-02-25 16:26:10

installed packages by group

#2 2008-02-25 16:40:07

Re: installed packages by group

#3 2008-02-25 16:47:48

Re: installed packages by group

#4 2012-04-16 22:06:42

Re: installed packages by group

#5 2012-04-16 23:59:09

Re: installed packages by group

#6 2012-04-17 01:31:33

Re: installed packages by group

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