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beroal

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[SOLVED] how to replace packages

When I change a version of some package, uninstalling an old version and installing a new version goes in one transaction. But if I want to replace a package (say P0) with a different package (say P1) (P1 provides the same names as P0), I need to uninstall P0, install P1, therefore I need to uninstall and install all packages which depend on names provided by P0 and P1. Can I uninstall P0 and install P1 in one transaction? I can't find it in "man pacman".

Last edited by beroal (2009-12-25 17:20:06)

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: [SOLVED] how to replace packages

in this case, you can use the -d flag (skip deps) so you don't have to uninstall/reinstall all the deps.

beroal

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Re: [SOLVED] how to replace packages

Thanks. And a related question: which command I can use to check that finally all dependencies are satisfied?

Update. I'm sorry, pacman actually supports replacing of packages with "-S", but not with "-U". I'm using "-U".

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wonder

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Re: [SOLVED] how to replace packages

Thanks. And a related question: which command I can use to check that finally all dependencies are satisfied?

run testdb

Update. I'm sorry, pacman actually supports replacing of packages with "-S", but not with "-U". I'm using "-U".

that will be available on the next version of pacman.

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beroal

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Re: [SOLVED] how to replace packages

Thank you, I did not know about testdb!

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