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early_adopter

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Registered: 2011-03-30

Posts: 27

[SOLVED] Updating an old Arch install

I took an old laptop out of the closet because I found a use for it. It has an old Arch install on it from before the time when pacman used zst format so of course

pacman -Syu

gives 404s on everything. Apart from that it's pretty well configured so I'd like to upgrade it rather than do a fresh install. Is there any way to do that?

Last edited by early_adopter (2022-10-15 13:10:26)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating an old Arch install

pacman supported zstd for a much longer time than it was being used, at least half a year more. https://archlinux.org/news/required-upd … ibarchive/

The way withh the least amount of possible issues is probably starting from the date you last updated and working your way forwards with the arch linux archive. x
Find the news items with relevant information for your setup and make an update before the news entry, then after and perform the suggested steps:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive
https://archlinux.org/news/

If you are feeling lucky you can try to update in one go with pacman-static:
https://archlinux.org/news/now-using-zs … mpression/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacm … ent-852937

Oh, any make sure your mirror is still up to date.

Last edited by progandy (2022-10-15 12:37:38)

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early_adopter

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Registered: 2011-03-30

Posts: 27

Re: [SOLVED] Updating an old Arch install

Looks like I got lucky! Your last link did the trick after a few attempts. Thanks!