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norswap

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-03-17

Posts: 19

[SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

Surely a very basic question, but couldn't find the answer.
So, is it possible to download only one or a few select packages from testing and still get the rest from core ?

And don't tell me to edit pacman.conf, install then re-edit pacman.conf !

This is because I'd like to install the latest intel display driver in link with this problem.

Last edited by norswap (2010-05-05 21:03:50)

losl

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Registered: 2009-10-25

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

You could prepare an alternative pacman.conf and use the "--config <file>" option to select that config file.

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

If you enable [testing], you always have to make a complete system update (pacman -Syu) before installing any package from there.

By enabling testing, you must know that you have to be member of the arch-dev-public mailing list and be careful, especially during major rebuilds.

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

If you really know what you're doing - add [testing] to the end of pacman.conf and install packages with "pacman -S testing/package". Remember that most often packages from the testing repo depend on each other.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

I've done this before: install a bunch of drivers from [testing] and not hurt myself in the process. Do as lucke said, or you can just download them "manually" and install 'pacman -U foo bar baz'.

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

If you really know what you're doing - add [testing] to the end of pacman.conf and install packages with "pacman -S testing/package".

While this does work, it's a really bad idea.  Just quoting this again for emphasis.

Remember that most often packages from the testing repo depend on each other.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

> Remember that most often packages from the testing repo depend on each other.
Which for me meant I had to install not one but five or six packages. I tested the driver - no luck - removed them all and installed the ones from [extra] again.

Surgat_

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 317

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

AFAIK, the new xorg-server 1.8 is in testing so maybe those drivers are for that server.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

Posts: 5,819

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Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

It's either all or nothing. No need to be scared, 99% of the time testing is as smooth as current.

But i repeat: do NOT install single packages from testing. If you want one newer package, build it yourself. That's what ABS is for.

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Profjim

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From: NYC

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 658

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

Repeating B's good advice:

Building a single package from testing (update abs, then use /var/abs/testing/foo/PKGBUILD), then installing what you've built, is relatively safe.

Installing a single binary from testing, without updating all of its dependencies also in testing, is asking for trouble.

gentoofag

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Registered: 2018-05-09

Posts: 38

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

Thanks, that works.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,709

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

Don't necrobump with empty posts

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

Closing.

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Install select packages from testing.

gentoofag,

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the forum Code of Conduct, especially the sections regarding necro-bumping and empty posts.

I'm going to close this 8 year old thread now.

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