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zetrotrack000

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Registered: 2012-02-07

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[Solved] Replacing package cache directory for pacman

Hi
I want to replace "/var/cache/pacman/pkg" by "/home/zetro/linux/arch/pkg" for caching pacman packages, so that pacman always looks and saves packages in /home/zetro/linux/arch/pkg. Can I do it by simply uncommenting

#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/

line in /etc/pacman.conf or is there anything else to do?
Regards

Last edited by zetrotrack000 (2014-03-18 11:38:03)

Slithery

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Re: [Solved] Replacing package cache directory for pacman

That's all, just uncomment that line and edit as required.

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Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

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Re: [Solved] Replacing package cache directory for pacman

That's it pretty much, yes.

Also make sure to read the related manpage (man pacman.conf) for a full overview of the available options.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved] Replacing package cache directory for pacman

I'm not sure if paccache picks the cachedir from pacman.conf, I think you may need to specify it with the '-c' switch.
Just something to remember.

zetrotrack000

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 87

Re: [Solved] Replacing package cache directory for pacman

I have changed the cache dir in pacman.conf and currently it is working fine, If any thing goes wrong I will report here. Thanks