Arch Linux

rsamurti

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From: Mysuru, India

Registered: 2006-11-30

Posts: 29

How do I update/install packages from a CD?

Hello,

I am new to Arch Linux. Kindly excuse me if this task is very trivial. I have installed the base system and updated it using pacman -Syu. I also installed all the other software packages using pacman -S <packagename>. Now I want to burn a CD containing all these updates and packages so that I can make a similar installation later on other systems which are not connected to the internet. I am not able to figure out how this can be done.

I need to upgrade the system and install all the packages I have on the CD by giving minimum number of commands at the command line. This helps me install Arch Linux on a large number of machines in a very short time.

Thanks for your help.

fdrebin

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Registered: 2005-04-25

Posts: 152

Re: How do I update/install packages from a CD?

pacman -A packagename

rsamurti

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From: Mysuru, India

Registered: 2006-11-30

Posts: 29

Re: How do I update/install packages from a CD?

But I cannot do pacman -A *.pkg.tar.gz. Am I right?

Anand

Damnshock

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 414

Re: How do I update/install packages from a CD?

You could move those packages to the pacman cache and then install them as usual  (pacman -S packagename).

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fdrebin

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Registered: 2005-04-25

Posts: 152

Re: How do I update/install packages from a CD?

yes you can (as root) and if the package is in the current directory.

veek

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Registered: 2006-03-10

Posts: 167

Re: How do I update/install packages from a CD?

If you're talking about batch installing packages, the method you suggested
will work for every package in the current directory.