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#1 2010-09-20 21:22:00
- lilsirecho
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Uncompress .pkg.tar.xz and install result without pacman
Can the pacman packages be untarred and stored ready to install by either pacman or otherwise...probably otherwise?
Purpose, to reduce access time for package installs, which pacman must untar before installing. These untarred packages would be used in a "live" ram system from flash storage devices.
Any way to do this?
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#2 2010-09-20 21:35:37
- chris-kun
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Re: Uncompress .pkg.tar.xz and install result without pacman
doubt it. you'd have to write a patch.
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#3 2010-09-20 23:07:08
- Allan
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Re: Uncompress .pkg.tar.xz and install result without pacman
You could uncompress the packages, but they still need to be tarred.
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#4 2010-09-21 00:36:18
- lilsirecho
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Re: Uncompress .pkg.tar.xz and install result without pacman
file:///media/disk/cache2/untar/avahi-0.6.27-2-x86_64.pkg
This file in flash has three folders, Etc, usr and var. It was extracted from the .pkg.tar.xz.
This is the situation that needs a means to install the .pkg listed above, used as an example.
I assume that it is ready for install since it has been untarred.
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