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run4flat

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From: Central Illinois

Registered: 2009-04-27

Posts: 5

Which repository did my program come from?

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?

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Which repository did my program come from?

pacman -Si gnucash

Last edited by lucke (2009-05-12 13:50:44)

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: Which repository did my program come from?

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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kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Which repository did my program come from?

use -Si switch. To see more information man pacman.

run4flat

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From: Central Illinois

Registered: 2009-04-27

Posts: 5

Re: Which repository did my program come from?

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.

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

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Re: Which repository did my program come from?

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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Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

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Re: Which repository did my program come from?

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