Can't install packages by a text file with listed names

canic_nm · 2021-03-12 08:27:40

arch-chroot /mnt
pacman -Sy
echo "most less" > "/root/.testlist.rs"
pacman -S $(cat "/root/.testlist.rs")
# [1] error: target not found: most less
pacman -S $(cat "/root/.testlist.rs" | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\s$//')
# [2] error: target not found: most less
pacman -S $(eval echo $(cat "/root/.testlist.rs")
# [3] error: target not found: most less

Awebb · 2021-03-12 09:33:22

The problem is not your shell code. "error: target not found:" is a pacman error message. First of all, congratulations, you've found a lot of working versions of "command $(<file)".

Pacman hasn't run within the chroot. There are no remote databases yes (the -S stuff). Try "pacman -Ss most" and will throw an error. You need at least to -Sy once. Depending on how long your pacstrap command is in the past, consider running -Syu directly.

WorMzy · 2021-03-12 11:44:48

The problem is that pacman is trying to install a single package literally called "most less". I can't reproduce this with the example given, so I suspect a copypaste error.

I would hazard a guess that you have double quotes around the subshell, e.g.

pacman -S "$(cat "/root/.testlist.rs")"

If so remove those.

See also: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … rom_a_list

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#1 2021-03-12 08:27:40

Can't install packages by a text file with listed names

#2 2021-03-12 09:33:22

Re: Can't install packages by a text file with listed names

#3 2021-03-12 11:44:48

Re: Can't install packages by a text file with listed names

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