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gamer01

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From: Bavaria - GER

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 31

[SOLVED] Download x86_64 packages with a i686 pacman

i have terrible internet on my desktop at home, and so i want to download the packages, included depentencies on a windows.

the dependencies are the problem and so i thought to use a virtual archlinux and download the packages with pacman

but pacman doesnt allow the download the packages with the wrong architecture
i used

pacman -Sw <package>

and of course changed the mirrorlist before

is there any possibility to work this with pacman or does anyone have another, not tooo complicated idea?

Last edited by gamer01 (2011-06-08 15:32:45)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [SOLVED] Download x86_64 packages with a i686 pacman

man pacman. Look at

--arch <arch>

    Specify an alternate architecture.

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gamer01

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From: Bavaria - GER

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 31

Re: [SOLVED] Download x86_64 packages with a i686 pacman

thanks a lot
i just skimmed the man
my englisch is not so brilliant