How to backup yaourt installed package?

gyurman · 2013-03-27 23:24:12

Hello,

I didn't if I installed package from aur, how can I backup before remove if I want install next time with pacman?
I seen mine package structure in /var/lib/pacman/local, but I don not understand where can I found pkg.tar.xz fie?
I wait for your answer.
Thanks

Trilby · 2013-03-27 23:31:18

You'll be much better off if you learn to use makepkg before you start using a helper (like yaourt) as then you'd understand this yourself.

But to answer your question - the pkg.tar.xz file is right where you told yaourt to put it. See yaourt's config file to figure out where that is. If it's in /tmp and you've rebooted, then I guess you're out of luck - you'll have to rebuild it.

WorMzy · 2013-03-27 23:33:40

If you built the package using yaourt, then it probably put the pkg.tar.xz in /tmp. If you've rebooted since building the package, then the .pkg.tar.xz has gone. You'll have to rebuild it if you want to reinstall it.

I suggest you use makepkg directly, rather than using an AUR helper to build packages, but if you insist on using yaourt, I believe you can change where it saves it's completed packages (or at least where it builds them).

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#1 2013-03-27 23:24:12

How to backup yaourt installed package?

#2 2013-03-27 23:31:18

Re: How to backup yaourt installed package?

#3 2013-03-27 23:33:40

Re: How to backup yaourt installed package?

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