downloading "there" upgrading "here" [solved]

scrawler · 2009-12-13 18:56:38

Howdy guys,

I'm sure this has been discussed over and over, I just can't find where. A pointer or some advice will be appreciated.

I have a box that needs almost a gig's worth of updates, but it has a slow internet connection, so I'd like to get a list of what needs updating, take my netbook to a fast connection somewhere, download the packages to a stick, carry the stick back, then upgrade from that.

Boring and obvious I'm sure, but I could use a hand.
Thanks!

Last edited by scrawler (2009-12-16 04:31:51)

.:B:. · 2009-12-13 20:20:04

Pacman has a -p option that will print the full path to a package. Combine that with a sync, redirect the output to a file and you can use wget later to pull it all in.

scrawler · 2009-12-13 22:53:45

how's this?

pacman -Spu > other-box-pkg-list.txt
wget -c -nc -i other-box-pkg-list.txt

nice, thank you.

Last edited by scrawler (2009-12-13 22:54:18)

ludovico · 2009-12-13 23:59:05

edit: very silly post...

Last edited by ludovico (2009-12-14 00:00:30)

scrawler · 2009-12-14 11:23:17

Oh, its
wget -c -i other-box-pkg-list.txt

withoutt

-nc (no clobber)

I don't know what I was thinking.

what I did is make a custom repo of the downloaded packages. is is also possible to just put the packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ ? If I did that, would I just pacman -Syu and pacman would look there first?

tomk · 2009-12-14 11:33:54

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Off … f_packages

Please search the wiki and forum before posting.

scrawler · 2009-12-16 04:33:32

ok.

I did. Thank you for the link.

Xyne · 2009-12-16 05:05:42

slow box

powerpill -Syu --get-metalink >update.metalink

fast box

<metalink-capable downloader> update.metalink

metalink-capable downloaders:
aria2 (stand-alone)
downThemAll (Firefox add-on)
FlashGot (Firefox add-on)
etc

I'll add that to the wiki eventually. I would do it now but I'm too tired to form a string of coherent thoughts. [/coherent thought limit]

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#1 2009-12-13 18:56:38

downloading "there" upgrading "here" [solved]

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Re: downloading "there" upgrading "here" [solved]

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Re: downloading "there" upgrading "here" [solved]

#4 2009-12-13 23:59:05

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