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I have Arch 64bit installed but I would like to switch to 32 bit. But at a time I will be installing it I won't have internet connection and now I do. So how can I download all the wanted packages for 32 bit now and just install them later on?
Last edited by Caspian (2010-06-19 07:50:04)
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The mirrors in the mirrorlist look specify the bit. Maybe there are more ...
But I don't think it'll work to do that. A fresh reinstall would be better in my opinion.
Best: If you can use 64bit, use them . Honestly, it's a really weird question.
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You didn't undertsand the question, but never mind. I will now boot 32 bit arch with the downloaded iso, and from there just download the needed packages to a given partition so I can install them later on when I decide to install clean 32bit arch.
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You realize there's a core image?
http://www.archlinux.org/download/
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He does, in the post above yours he wrote he'd use it. $5 says he'd like to install more than just the core packages.
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I've obviously asked a question in a less understandable way. When I commit to the installation of the fresh Arch I won't have internet connection. So I need to download all the packages which I need that are not in the core image (like kde, firefox, skype etc.). I've booted the core image now and downloaded all of the wanted packages to a partition so I could install them later on while offline. Is it clear now?
The only problem could be the dependency resolving. Of course that all the dependencies are downloaded but I doubt that pacman will get this. I can use the switch to force the installation and this will work with most of the packages, but won't on all of them (ttf-ms-fonts for example needs cabextract to extract the fonts, but this will also probably work because cabextract alphabeticaly comes before the fonts ).
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I'd boot the 32bit arch install cd in a virtual machine, download the packages to a shared folder and write down the order in which pacman installs the packages. Finding the right order would be pretty annoying otherwise (although libs, xorg, then DE is probably the way to go).
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So, wait... what's stopping you from installing them normally? If you have Internet access now, what's keeping you from having Internet access after the fresh install? Just trying to better understand your situation.
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Make a repo out of all the downloaded packages - pacman will be able to resolve dependencies then.
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@tomk - Yeah I've remembered that and will do it
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