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#1 2011-03-03 03:19:44
- Nightmare
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Pacman Question (Solved)
Suppose I want to install 5 packages. But I do not want to reinstall up to date packages.
eg-- sudo pacman -S xx xy yy yu uu xu
xy is up to date reinstalling---
sudo pacman -Su xx xy yy yu uu xu
xy is up to date reinstalling---
What should be the syntax?
sudo pacman -* xx xy yy yu uu xu
P.S.-Do not tell me to read wiki. I read it, I am confused so I am asking
Solution
sudo pacman -S xx xy yy yu uu ux --needed
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#2 2011-03-03 03:23:30
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
You're asking pacman to install programs that you already have installed. Stop doing that and pacman will stop reinstalling them.
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#4 2011-03-03 03:26:04
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
You're asking pacman to install programs that you already have installed. Stop doing that and pacman will stop reinstalling them.
Supoose XX is installed but XY is not. What should be the syntax so that XX is not reinstalled if upto date.
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#5 2011-03-03 03:28:11
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
The man page extensively documents pacman's flags. In this case, the --needed flag does what you want.
What should be the right syntax? -Sneeded still reinstalls, -needed do not work
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#6 2011-03-03 03:37:52
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
it is '--needed' with two dashes, exactly as the manpage specifies. Not -Sneeded or -needed.
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#7 2011-03-03 03:41:20
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
it is '--needed' with two dashes, exactly as the manpage specifies. Not -Sneeded or -needed.
Thank You.
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#8 2011-03-03 14:59:20
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Re: Pacman Question (Solved)
you say that you read the wiki, but it seems that you need to read it more carefully.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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