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Hello. I would like to post a feature request for gnucash. Unfortunately, I cannot determine the repository from whence it came. Generally speaking, how do I determine a program's repository? The --info switch for pacman doesn't seem to cover it and I can't find anything in the pacman or yaourt man pages. Is there some magical pacman switch that I missed?
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pacman -Si gnucash
Last edited by lucke (2009-05-12 13:50:44)
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pacman does not track where it installed an application from, but it's easy to find out where it's currently located. `pacman -Si gnucash | head -n 1`
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use -Si switch. To see more information man pacman.
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Ah, thanks. I was using pacman -Qi gnucash. What's the difference in the output, you ask? According to diff, -Si gives the package size and repository, whereas -Qi gives the "Required by" and install info: date, reason, script, in this case.
Is there a good reason that -Qi doesn't give the repository?
Thanks for your help.
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As Mr.Elendig said, pacman does not track where a package originated from. If the output of -Qi included the repo, it could quite possibly be incorrect information, as could -Si. Example: I could have a custom version of program X compiled with the same package name as in the repos. I install it with -U. The output of -Si tells me this package comes from [extra] when in fact it came from no repo at all. The same happens if you have custom repositories that have packages with the same name as arch repos.
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Is there a good reason that -Qi doesn't give the repository?
Packages built from AUR on your box can't say much if you prod them with -Si
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