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KillerZ

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Registered: 2008-08-07

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Copying Files

Ok I have Arch installed but I am trying to copy files from a cd to /var/cache/pacman/pkg folder because I downloaded some packages from a mirror at someones house because they have much faster internet then me. Now I wanted to copy them to /var/cache/pacman/pkg folder and tell pacman to install them but I don't know how to move the files.

Edit: This is in the console no gui yet.

Last edited by KillerZ (2008-08-07 21:15:19)

ssjlegendx

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Registered: 2008-01-01

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Re: Copying Files

If you want to copy all the package files into /var/cache/pacman/pkg, then issue the following command from the directory in which they're located (as root or using su[do]):

cp ./*.pkg.tar.gz /var/cache/pacman/pkg

You don't have to have package files in the pacman cache to install them, though. For example, if you have some file named somepackage.pkg.tar.gz in your home directory, you could just do the following (again, as root or using su[do]):

pacman -U ~/somepackage.pkg.tar.gz

Last edited by ssjlegendx (2008-08-07 22:01:46)

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lilsirecho

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Re: Copying Files

If you have the files in a local directory, you can perform the following from that directory:

.....................pacman -U (path to directory)/*.pkg.tar.gz....

All packages in the directory will be installed.

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