how do I install individual packages?
Hello. I am setting up archbang on an old laptop that does not have internet access (the network card is broken on it). So, rather than using its package manager (pacman?) I'm hoping to download packages on another computer, and then save these to a usb-stick, and then transfer these and install them to this old laptop.
On Debian (which I'm familiar with) you use "dpkg -i" rather than synaptic or aptitude or apt-get. On Vector you use "installpkg" rather than Gslapt. What command do you use on Arch (or ArchBang, if it's different)? |
I think you can simply tell pacman to use a local disk instead of an online repository. Try the arch wiki for the procedure.
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Local disk would be good. On Debian there are disks that one can download, and then add via "apt-cdrom add". It would be good if Arch had a similar option.
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pacman -U /full/path/to/package
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pacman -Syu # Synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system.
pacman -S # Install specific package(s) from the repositories pacman -U # Install specific package not from the repositories but from a file pacman -Sw # Download a package without installing it pacman -R # Remove the specified package(s), retaining its configuration(s)and required dependencies pacman -Rns # Remove the specified package(s), its configuration(s)and unneeded dependencies pacman -Si # Display information about a given package in the repositories pacman -Ss # Search for package(s) in the repositories pacman -Qi # Display information about a given package in the local database pacman -Qii # Also display the list of backup files and their modification states pacman -Qs # Search for package(s) in the local database pacman -Ql # Retrieve a list of the files installed by a package pacman -Qdt # Show list of packages that are no longer needed pacman -Qm # Show packages not in repo pacman -Qo # Query the package which provides FILE pacman -Sc # clears package cache of uninstalled packages pacman -Scc # clear the package cache of all packages |
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