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hatten

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

From: Sweden, Borlange

Registered: 2009-02-23

Posts: 736

How to install packages from removable media?

I'm pretty damn sure that i missed some wiki page, but i cannot find it, how do i install packages without an internet connection. I installed on one of my computers, then realized i needed to install the wireless drivers after the install, which i cannot. I can ofcourse reinstall, but i believe there must be a possibility to make pacman install a bunch of packages from USB or a cd. I do have internet at my other computer, so i can download the packages there onto a usb-stick.

kowalski

Member

Registered: 2009-05-07

Posts: 82

Re: How to install packages from removable media?

Hi,

you should try

pacman -U /path/to/package.pkg.tar.gz

I haven't tried this but that's the way one would manually install a package build with PKGBUILD and "made" with makepkg.

Hope that helps.

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hatten

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

From: Sweden, Borlange

Registered: 2009-02-23

Posts: 736

Re: How to install packages from removable media?

That sounds correct, but how do i get a package onto a USB-drive?

Zariel

Member

Registered: 2008-10-07

Posts: 446

Re: How to install packages from removable media?

If the other pc is arch, then just pacman -Sw pkg, then copy to the USB, else, go to your mirror and download them.

trontonic

Member

Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 80

Re: How to install packages from removable media?

You can find the packages at one of the servers listed in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, for instance.