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laggardkernel

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[SOLVED] Mark a installed pkg as dependency without reinstalling it

I tried to mark the package "xorg-server-common" as a dependency with

sudo pacman -S --asdeps --needed xorg-server-common

It seems the only way to mark a installed pkg as dependency is to reinstall it with "--asdeps".

Is there an alternative way to achieve it without reinstalling a pkg?

Last edited by laggardkernel (2019-11-02 16:28:53)

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Re: [SOLVED] Mark a installed pkg as dependency without reinstalling it

Yes, check the -D/--database flag in 'man pacman'.

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laggardkernel

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Re: [SOLVED] Mark a installed pkg as dependency without reinstalling it

Yes, check the -D/--database flag in 'man pacman'.

Thanks for your help.