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lilsirecho

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Install multiple Pacman -U pkgs with single command(solved)

Desire a method to use ,,,pacman -U... to install multiple pkgs from local repo ....with one command.

Last edited by lilsirecho (2010-02-28 00:46:04)

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Re: Install multiple Pacman -U pkgs with single command(solved)

An array and a loop?

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Re: Install multiple Pacman -U pkgs with single command(solved)

Um....  WHAT?   The "trick" is to list multiple packages on the command line....   Did you even try?

> pacman -U autoconf-2.65-1-any.pkg.tar.gz automake-1.11.1-1-any.pkg.tar.gz 
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/2) upgrading autoconf                            [#####################] 100%
(2/2) upgrading automake                            [#####################] 100%

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lilsirecho

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Re: Install multiple Pacman -U pkgs with single command(solved)

Allan:

Yes tried but not directly as you show it.  Too many keystrokes for me..I make many errors is typing!!!

My solution is simply to put all packages (with depends) into a cache directory. 
Call ...pacman -Ud /mnt/cache/*

Fewer strokes for older folks!!

Thanks for the reponses.

Problem solved.

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Re: Install multiple Pacman -U pkgs with single command(solved)

Hey lilsirecho, don't forget tab completion. Very handy.