pacman -Sl

pixel · 2005-03-01 01:15:13

is it true that pacman is not able to show the filelist of package from repository?

bash-3.00# pacman -Ss firefox
current/mozilla-firefox 1.0-3
    Standalone web browser from mozilla.org

bash-3.00# pacman -Sl firefox
Repository "firefox" was not found.

pacman -Ql firefox is working, so is it a bug or pacman cannot do it?

phrakture · 2005-03-01 01:18:28

the package is named mozilla-firefox...

pacman -Ss is for "search"

the pacman -Ss firefox command searches for all packages with firefox in the name/description

it then lists all matching packages - current/mozilla-firefox in this case

try "pacman -Sl mozilla-firefox"

Dusty · 2005-03-01 01:22:04

pacman -Sl isn't for listing files in a package (I think you would have to download it first and use pacman -Ql, or else you can wait until the web interface supports file lists), its for listing packages in a repo. For example: 'pacman -Sl extra' lists packages in the extra repository.

Dusty

contrasutra · 2005-03-01 02:48:54

It isn't possible to list files inside packages remotely, because the remote DB format doesn't support it. Look in /var/lib/pacman/current, for example; no file lists are there.

pixel · 2005-03-01 11:24:54

contrasutra wrote:

It isn't possible to list files inside packages remotely, because the remote DB format doesn't support it. Look in /var/lib/pacman/current, for example; no file lists are there.

Yeah, i see that now, but I think it would be nice if devs would implement that. Sometimes I just wanna browse through the files first to see what's gonna be installed on my machine. Are devs planning to implement file listings from remote repos?

cactus · 2005-03-01 18:30:18

don't know.
you could download the pkg tarball, extract it in temp, and parouse the heirarchy it dumps quite easily..then simply rm -rf after you are done sniffing around in it.
*shrug*
Might not be the best solution, but it might be an acceptable workaround for the time being.

Dusty · 2005-03-01 18:34:11

http://www.archlinux.org/~jason/newslet … ml#devland

Check out point 7. I'm guessing this won't work with pacman, but it does allow you to look without installing anything. If I read it correctly. Also, a lot of changes will be coming with AUR; no idea what will come with it.

Dusty

Xentac · 2005-03-05 20:41:05

The web interface now stores file lists. Search for mozilla-firefox and then click on the File List button.

dp · 2005-03-05 22:34:11

Xentac wrote:

The web interface now stores file lists. Search for mozilla-firefox and then click on the File List button.

http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?op=files&id=4236

but it gives me an empty list ... maybe it's too late for today ... i'll check it out tomorrow

Xentac · 2005-03-06 20:12:03

Way to go, you broke it

Submit a bug report.

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