[solved]pacman -r issue

mangus · 2009-03-03 21:08:44

Hi , I would try to install arch on a usb stick from my current desktop and I thought
that a

pacman -S base -r newarch --ignore kernel26

could go , where newarch is my mounted usb stick, but this simply don't work.
pacman returns 'base not found'.

 pacman -S base

instead works as it should... what I'm doing wrong?

Last edited by mangus (2009-03-03 21:21:08)

Allan · 2009-03-03 21:13:15

You want to do:

mkdir -p newarch/var/lib/pacman
pacman -Sy base -r newarch

Note that the "--ignore kernel26" part does not work as you are using "base" which is a group (known issue) But you can always remove it later.

mangus · 2009-03-03 21:20:47

doh! I thought (fault) that the -y switch could be omitted..it's for the new system instead, now I realize..thank you for your superfast response :-)

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