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#1 2008-12-16 06:42:21
- sjb933
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Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
It is often that when you install a package for the first time, pacman displays a readme on the package. This is usually setup information etc.
Is there some way to display this again after a package has been installed?
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#2 2008-12-16 06:45:41
- peart
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
Many packages have post-install/upgrade messages. You can read them in /var/log/pacman.log if you missed them the first time.
edit: typo.
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#3 2008-12-16 07:30:26
- sjb933
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
Thanks, that helps. It'd be nice if there was some way in the pacman queries, like pacman -Qm (m for messages) that would display the messages for whatever package.
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#4 2008-12-16 15:00:13
- lldmer
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
I think the messages are in <packagename>.install which is used when building the <package>.pkg.tar.gz file. AFAIK, it tells pacman what to do after installing a package (for example, show some text). If you want to read the post install message for a certain package, you could look for the package in abs, where you can find the <packagename>.install file.
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#5 2008-12-16 23:29:33
- Daenyth
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
I think that info is also kept in the pacman DB.
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#6 2008-12-17 00:13:33
- tomk
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
The install script is copied to /var/lib/pacman/local/<pkgname>-<pkgver>-<pkgrel>/install. This provides all the information shown at install time, as well as the echos, cats, and other commands used to put the information on the screen, and any install-time processes e.g. depmod etc. Personally, I prefer looking at the log.
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#7 2008-12-17 00:17:58
- skottish
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
A quick log query for todays date:
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#8 2008-12-17 02:26:39
- lldmer
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Re: Pacman "instsall notes/readme's"
The install script is copied to /var/lib/pacman/local/<pkgname>-<pkgver>-<pkgrel>/install.
Ah nice, I suspected there'd be something like that:P
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