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Smith oo4

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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-30

Posts: 42

Question about Downloading Packages

Hello
I am about 6 month new to Linux and try to learn as much about it as I can.  I have installed my first Arch system and I am about to install and configure a Desktop environment (gnome or Xfce) and I have what may be and odd question.  At home a have a very slow internet connection and at work I have a very fast one, is it possible to down load the packages I need for the a desktop environment at work, burn the to a CD, mount the CD in my arch box and install the packages from the CD.  This is more out of curiosity so if it can't be done easily no worries.
Thank You

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

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Re: Question about Downloading Packages

Its easy... search the forums and wiki for specifics, but off the top of my head:

run pacman -Syup to print the uris of the packages you need to download. pacman -Syu > somefile.txt will save them in a file

take that file to work. Download the files with something like wget $(cat somefile.txt)

burn the files to a cd

take the cd home

copy the files into /var/cache/pacman/pkg

run pacman -Syu

Double check the commands and paths, but that's the basic process.

Welcome to Arch and how's the weather in Edmonton these days? :-)

Dusty

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Smith oo4

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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-30

Posts: 42

Re: Question about Downloading Packages

Great I will give it a try soon, thank you for your help.
The weather is good if you like cross country skiing, other wise it OK cold and lots of snow.
Morgan