Adding repos to pacman.conf: A vs B

It seems that people do things in two ways. I personally feel that one of these ways is "right", because it is the way that Arch does it by default, but that doesn't mean that the other way is "wrong". Anyway, I wanted to see what most people do with pacman.conf
Example A:
To use this repository, add the following to your /etc/pacman.conf:
[shadowhand]
Server = http://archpkg.wgilk.com/shadowhand
This is also the way that z4ziggy reccommends that people add the Archie repos.
Example B:
Add a file to /etc/pacman.d called "dibble" containing:
# dibble: dibblethewrecker's pkg repo
# http://dtw.jiwe.org
[dibble]
Server = http://dtw.jiwe.org/pkgs/dibble
Add this line to pacman.conf:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/dibble
So, what do most people do? 14 day poll. I'd also appreciate input from the devs if they have any.

tomk wrote:
dibblethewrecker wrote:I personally feel that one of these ways is "right", because it is the way that Arch does it by default
The default pacman.conf has examples of both, dibble - [testing] is commented, but it's using Server, not Include.
Most new servers are single and unmirrored, so that's my vote, but I think it's more of a discussion than a poll. Why does it matter, by the way?
Because we need code to parse pacman.conf to check that people have certain repos list. I wrongly assumed people used Include over Server but it seems I was wrong!
kth5: nice idea but no - if you have all your repos listed in one file then syncing custom will only sync from the first Server address listed

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were can i find a complete list off users repos to apply on pacman.conf
like there is shown on gtkpacman .

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Pacman.conf kinda confused

Hello i am just trying out Arch Linux and just did a fresh install. And i trying to enable the repositories and i seem to keep running into an error
everytime i type pacman or anything related it get this error
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 65: directive 'Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first' not recognized.
I know you have to add your own mirrors and such which i did, but still getting errors here is my etc/pacman.conf and /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
here is the pacman.conf
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#NoPassiveFtp
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# Testing is disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines. You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[localmirror]
Server = http://www.pollicina.org/arch/localmirror
core
Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
extra
Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/arch/extra/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra
community
Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://shlunix.org/archlinux/repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
Here is the /etc/mirrorlist
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
# Generated on 2009-06-16
United States
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archli … po/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/di … po/os/i686
Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/d … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributio … po/os/i686
Server = http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.sourceshare.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# Venezuela
#Server = http://mirror2.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/i686
# Vietnam
#Server = ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archli … po/os/i686
#Server = http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archl … po/os/i686
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the reply appreciate it.
And i think i understand it alittle bit better here is a link to my changed pacman.conf and mirrorlist
Im still receiving errors about the mirrors
pacman.conf link
http://pastebin.ca/1576914
mirrorlist
http://pastebin.ca/1576916

[Solved]Add kernel26 to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf. Not ignored.

Using kdemod4.3(32bit). I re-installed kernel26-2.6.30.5-1-i686(earliest in pacman pkg cache) and added kernel26 and kernel-headers to /etc/pacman.conf IgnorePkg but # "pacman -Syu" still asks to upgrade kernel to 2.30.6-1-i686. What do I add to that IgnorePkg to avoid kernel upgrade? Tried kernel, kernel26 and kernel26*. Adding nvidia,nvidia-utils and xorg-server to Ignorepkg give me that thee aren't upgraded(desirred result). Thanx.
Last edited by lestoil (2009-10-08 18:08:14)

# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
IgnorePkg = nvidia nvidia-utils xorg-server
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# Testing is disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines. You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#KDEmod4
[kdemod-core]
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/kdemod/core/i686
#KDEmod4
[kdemod-extragear]
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/kdemod/extragear/i686
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#Yaourt
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
Here is complete /etc/pacman.conf. file without the "kernel" or "kernel26" entry which doesn't work.

Implications of new 'source' in pacman.conf

I apologize in advance for what seems to be a very basic and FAQ-ish question.
I've always wanted to know, what are the implications of adding new sources
to my pacman.conf (or in the case of Ubuntu/Debian, the /etc/apt/sources.list file?)
Let's say that you put some joker's site in your pacman.conf file, and they put
a malicious FOO version 2 software in their repository.
When I run pacman -Syu, does pacman say "Well, software FOO is at version 1 in
the official Arch repos, but it's at version 2 in Joker's repository, what do you want to do?"
Sorry for the basic question, but often think that if I was trying to proliferate some keylogger or
other malware, what I would do is write some good software FOO, or act as a mirror for some good software FOO,
and then provide updates for software BAR, and have BAR be a new version of some core-software
that takes data from your keyboard and forwards it to my e-mail account.
Is my question/concern valid, or am I totally off track? I recently thought about this when adding
a repository to my pacman.conf file so that I could get updates for the yaourt application. I'm not
accusing the author of yaourt of anything at all, and think the product is great. But I just want to know if
the author of yaourt issues an update to "readline", if Arch will accept this update as a valid update the next time
I run pacman -Syu?
Thanks very much, and links/RTFMs are appreciated.
--Nate

In pacman.conf(8) (man pacman.conf), under "REPOSITORY SECTIONS":
The order of repositories in the configuration files matters;
repositories listed first will take precedence over those listed later
in the file when packages in two repositories have identical names,
regardless of version number.
I tested this with a local repo and it appears to work as documented; pacman didn't prompt me to upgrade 'bash' to the newer version I had put in my test repo which was below [core] in pacman.conf.
Last edited by foutrelis (2009-07-30 08:50:02)

Hi accidentally overwrote new pacman.conf with /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew

Hi
I accidentally overwrote etc/pacman.conf with the old /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew.
Pacman now appears to work but disregards the signing of packages.
Is there an copy of the pacman.conf from the upgrade around so I can merge
the two files. perhaps pacman.conf~, but no I think this is overwritten too.
Regardz
El Zorro

Hi Trilby,
it may be the mouldy oldy one as there is no reference to "SigLevel = Never" it does not seem to exist only "Architecture = auto"
Here is the current /etc/pacman.conf
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
#CheckSpace
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
Trilby wrote:
The pacnew version includes everything for package signing. All you will have lost is any personal changes you have made.
The package signing lines are, however, commented out except for the "SigLevel = Never" line. Just read the instructions within the comments and uncomment the appropriate SigLevel line (and comment the "Never" line).
Last edited by elzorro (2012-01-21 06:31:50)

Pacman not reading /etc/pacman.conf???

All right, I'm sorta new to linux and VERY new to Arch. Love what I see so far, but I've got a little problem.
I've uncommented out and added some repositories in /etc/pacman.conf, but when I run pacman -Syu it only sync's up with the core and extra's database. I have uncommented out testing, and added the kdemod repos... What am I doing wrong???
pacman -Syu
::Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
local database is up to date
Argh!

Yep, should've done that. Sorry!
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman manpage for option directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra
#[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community
#[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
#[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/x86_64

Pacman.conf problem [solved]

Hi im having a problem with yaourt, and packer and i cant also install any package form Aur for example:
packer -S opencascade
grep: /etc/pacman.conf: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
Aur Targets (1): opencascade
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
Dependencies for `opencascade' are not met, not building..
i have the same problem with yaourt
if i try to install from a tarball for example i get this
makepkg -s
==> Making package: plank-bzr 820-1 (Fri Jun 7 13:06:26 ART 2013)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
==> ERROR: 'pacman' returned a fatal error (1):
[dam2@dam1d plank-bzr]$
i installed arch linux again yesterday and i copy the pacman.conf file that i have in my older arch linux to my new one
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta = 0.7
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
modedit: added code tags /Xyne
Last edited by adcdam (2013-06-07 19:28:32)

grep: /etc/pacman.conf: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
This tells you that you have incorrectly configured permissions when you copied the file. Fix that with
chmod 644 /etc/pacman.conf
Also note that I have added code tags ([code]) to your post. Please use them in the future when you post command output or file contents.

/etc/pacman.conf question..

This may have been asked before, but I could not find it...
<yes, I did use the search on the forums... >
I was wondering if the NoUpgrade option in pacman.conf uses shell-like wildcard expansion...
Does the following work?
NoUpgrade = etc/host*
shell expansion should expand this to
/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/hosts.allow
/ec/hosts.deny
will pacman do the same?

No, but it would be nice to have something like that (or perhaps better with regexp)
BTW, regexp support for targets was already in pacman wishlist.
I've added noupgrade/ignorepkg options to it.
To be continued...

Pacman.conf NEED tips for totally offline install with DVD repository

OBJECTIVE: after a base install with ARCHBOOT be able to install from DVD repository which contains repo-add database.
My DVD contains the folder from /var/cache/pacman/pkg.
ON the DVD I have the folder 'pkg' at the dvd root level and another folder which has my already built packages fro AUR.
The database called 'custom.db.tar.gz' created with repo-add exists IN the pkg folder on the DVD.
The built AUR packages are in a seperate folder called '_built' at the dvd's root level as well and they are not included in the repo-add database.
I am able to mount the dvd, cd to the pkg folder and use pacman -Ud to install them though this requires that I type in the full name of the package and I get dependence issues and '*.so' type files not found.
IF I copy all the files from the DVD to the var/cache/pacman/pkg folder I am able to add my local repository to pacman.conf and MUCH more efficient install. I can use pacman -S xorg for example, and I think it finds dependencies even. Can't recall exactly at the moment.
SO: do I need to alter pacman.conf cache location line and the other lines?
Would I change the 2nd and 3rd lines to get max pacman ability when using DVD repository???
Pointing them to my DVD folder after mounting the dvd
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
I really would like to have as much power and flexibility when using the DVD as the repo.
Can anyone tell me what I should alter in pacman.conf for this.
I am fine if I have to alter the cache location line temporarily if it will give me additional pacman ability.
I have read all the wiki stuff for sure though I'm still a bit in the dark and wanted to ask without typing the many many options.
One big one for me is I don't yet know how to set the SERVER = in pacman.com to look at the mounted DVD and the pkg folder specifically.
I do mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
So what would I put as the SERVER for this in pacman.conf
SERVER = /dev/sr0 ????? or /dev/cdrom ???? or /mnt/cdrom I think ????
dunno!
AND I really probably DO have to temporarily alter the pacman.conf cache location line to get pacman to do dependency installs and let me type short lines instead of the full package name.
THANKS! this one is BIG for me!!!!! :---)
Last edited by yvonney (2009-06-18 20:27:14)

COMMENT WRITTEN LAST: I was about to delete a lot of stuff here though thought to just say sorry for not taking the brain-time to slim it. The bold and white boxed part is the main related quest-ion.
you might find a few useful tools on my site (in my sig), e.g. pkgd if you want to save bandwidth on a LAN --- pbget if you want to easily get PKGBUILDs etc from the AUR and official repos, etc.
WOW Xyne !!!! thanks. pbget etc. sound very cool.
I used yaourt until very recently. Then went ....hmmmm... should learn about manual building and local repo. Where I'm at now is trying to do as much manually as possible. I think I kinda know what packages I want and there will only be some changes from that in the future. There's maybe 20 packages from AUR for me. [PLUS their dependencies]
Of course: I am doing the repo-add local repositories thing for speed, learning, and as part of my whole 'best practices' growth. Plus it will come in very handy when helping other decide quickly if a barbones mainly wm/ncurses lightweight system is for them.
You certainly spark a question or two!
[AUR and dependencies via yaourt affecting my plans to now go manually]
As these have all ALREADY been installed via yaourt my BIG concern is that I've never found much of a yaourt/cache folder. You see, as you'd know many many times upon installing vai yaourt there's some dependency that may, or I guess, may not be in the standard repos.
After installing these packages via yaourt do the dependencies go into /var/cache/pacman.pkg and is pacman aware of it when I do a repo-add for thecustom database. If so, then all if fairly cool for my plans. I bet there's a few idiosyncrasies about AUR and dependencies maybe.
-AUR dependency resolution-
Using a custom repo will not really work for general use because you would need to manually populate the database with the dependencies anyway.
I'm fine with manually doing dependencies - though need to know if my yaourt usage ALREADY put the latest dependencies in the pacman cache for AUR unsupported packages AND is there a way with the whole repo-add, local repositry, pacman and aur concpt I'm planning to fine tune to have the dependencies update when I go back to the online repositries? I don't think so based on my usage with yaourt, though can't quite recall.
As I will be enjoying makepkg building the group of packages I nee to get from AUR for the forseeable future (that are not in the main 3 repos of course)
I'm still wondering about the inter-relationships. So: I already have installed and/or built the packages for everything I expect to need mostly. I never became beyone mediocre with yaourt. and that fine, though I now have to consider that in a new install I DO have the latest AUR built packages, though will there be the right dependencies ALREADY in my /var/cache/pacman/pkg ?
There's a few things that I'd love to really understand about this. Even if it ends up that dependencies for the AUR packages is always a bit trickier.
QUESTION: right now I am uable to try custom repo from flash stick as it's read only. I'll be googling this one out and am really looking forward to having a flash stick with ARCHBOOT and I gues ONE repo pkg folder and database on it.
NOTE: I will put the custom repo above the stock ones in pacman.conf. I just commented out the others as I was doing all this offline.
I've dumped the dvd as a repo and have switched to a flash stick. I've extracted the archboot out to a 4 gig flash stick.
dd if=/root/Desktop/archlinux-2009.05-2-archboot.iso of=/dev/sdb Its read-only at the moment and no matter what I've tried it stays that way. Maybe I need to use the HPutil on it. It definitely isn't writeable so I won't ponder or note observations here save to say that 'm stumped as to how to get files copied to it.
And now what may be the way I'd like to work: Keep my folder for building packages from aur which is /root/aur. Then after doing the fun makepkg --asroot or even makepg -i as root to install. Though I'll probably after the build THEN just copy the built packages from my /root/aur to /var/cache/pacman/pkg and install from there as I DO plan to use the online repos.
I will ALSO copy the file to my USB stick or maybe just sync to it and do a the repo-add thing in /var/cache/pacman/pkg and keep the stick as both backup and 'in the ready' reinstaller.
Um, now could spend an hour editing down the above!!!
wondrous thanks!
Last edited by yvonney (2009-06-19 07:38:25)

Pacman.conf

My pacman.conf looks like this:
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64
I included archlinuxfr so I could install yaourt. Isn't this repository a potential source of incompatible packages as stated in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors ? OTOH if I remove it I won't be able to update yaourt.
Note: If mirrors have been stated directly in pacman.conf, remember to use the same mirror for all repositories. Otherwise packages that are incompatible to each other may be installed, like kernel26 from [core] and an older kernel module from [extra].

You can install yaourt the old fashion way by downloading the PKGBUILD from the AUR and using makepkg...
But, you should be fine. Nothing from the archlinuxfr repo will be installed with in place of packages in the official repos. But of course, that repo is not supported and straight after large rebuilds you may have issues with the packages in it.

Kdemod removed from pacman.conf but not from /var/lib/pacman

Hello all
I have been using kdemod repository for some time.
Since I use Gnome I have removed all my kde/qt applications and I have removed kdemod repository from pacman.conf
Is it normal to still have kdemod into /var/lib/pacman ?
Can I safely remove /var/lib/pacman/kdemod (not /var/lib/pacman of course) ?
Why pacman does not remove it when syncing if no more present in pacman.conf ?
Is it a bug ? a feature ?
Thank you for your help !
Cheers,
Chicha.

shining wrote:I think this has little interest, since the repo will be downloaded again on next -Sy anyway.
It's probably neither a bug, nor a feature, rather the lack of a feature, because checking that
some folders in /var/lib/pacman/ doesn't match a section in pacman.conf would require extra code.
Ooops I thought I checked for this hehe.
Are you sure pacman downloads the whole database everytime?
I just did an update:
yaourt -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing is up to date
current is up to date
extra 270.5K 299.4K/s 00:00:01 [##################################################] 100%
community 291.4K 302.8K/s 00:00:01 [################################################] 100%
compiz-fusion is up to date
local database is up to date
If a repo is uptodate it doesn't download the database, so pacman must check that somehow.
Also, it show that to sync extra, 270.5K was transferred, is that the entire extra repo?
When I check the size of /var/lib/pacman/extra it's 5.7 Megs. Maybe the repo is compressed,
transferred, and then decompressed on each sync.
If that's the case, as you say my argument doesn't hold much water

Pacman/Pacman.conf Scripts

I've been working on these two pieces for a while. For the most part, they're complete to my standards, but obviously they can always looked to be improved upon. I use the first one daily with no real problems (though I could add a little more error handling) and the other one does work for me though I don't need to call upon it too much.
My goal was really to provide an interface for pacman which was fast but still easy to use. I also realized that I can't write any GUI code, nor do I feel like it's nessisary to make something simple. It really only requires bash, a few coreutils, and pacman to be used, so if you're on a lower-end system and don't want to call upon a large GUI front end, this may be something good for you to try out.
Any feedback is appreciated too
Pacman Manager Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Manager
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###Defining Operations###
function install {
echo "Installing package now"
echo
sudo pacman -S $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) is now installed"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function uninstall {
echo "Uninstalling package now"
echo
sudo pacman -R $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) has been removed."
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function sync {
echo "Syncing with servers"
echo
sudo pacman -Sy
echo
echo "Sync complete. Press enter to continue"
read
function update {
echo " Updating your system now"
echo
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
sudo pacman -Scc
echo
echo "Your system has been updated"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function search {
clear
echo "What package would you like to search?"
read PACKAGE
sudo pacman -Ss $PACKAGE
echo "Would you like to search again?"
echo "[Y]es"
echo "[N]o"
read CHOICE
if [[ "$CHOICE" = [Yy] ]]; then
search
elif [[ "$CHOICE" = [Nn] ]]; then
echo "Search Finished. Press Enter to Continue"
read
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Welcome to the Pacman Manager"
echo
echo " What would you like to do?"
echo
###ENDDEFINE###
###MANAGER###
manage
OPTIONS="Install Uninstall Sync Update Search Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Install" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to install?"
read PACKAGE
install
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Uninstall" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to uninstall?"
read PACKAGE
uninstall
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Sync" ]; then
clear
sync
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Update" ]; then
clear
update
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Search" ]; then
clear
search
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
pacman.conf Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Configurator
#Tool to configure and modify pacman and /etc/pacman.conf
#Pretty Stable from my tests, but use with caution
#Backup your /etc/pacman.conf file just in case.
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###DEFINE FUNCTIONS####
function srv_ctl {
clear
echo "Server Control"
echo "Selections:"
echo "[A]dd URL"
echo "[R]emove URL"
echo "[E]nable Resporitories"
echo "[D]isable Resporitories"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep "srv_ctl"
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
echo "[srv_ctl]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/custom" >> /etc/pacman.conf
fi
clear
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Adding"
echo $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL
echo "The server above has been added."
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Custom Server List:"
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Removing"
URLTEST=$(cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL)
if [ "$URL" = "$URLTEST" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep -v $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom1
mv /etc/pacman.d/custom1 /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Address removed. Press enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$URL" != "$URLTEST" ]; then
echo "Error! Address not found. Press Enter to continue"
read
srv_ctl
fi
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "E" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
echo "[$RES]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/$RES" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Enabled. Press Enter to contiue"
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "D" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$RES" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Disabled. Press Enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function pkg_ctl {
clear
echo "What would you like to do?"
echo "[A]dd Package to Ignore List"
echo "[R]emove Package from Ignore List"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Adding"
echo "IgnorePkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "HoldPkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package added. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Removing"
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$PKG" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package removed. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Pacman Configuration"
echo " What would you like to do?"
###END DEFINE####
###MANAGER####
manage
OPTIONS="Server_Control Package_Control Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Server_Control" ]; then
srv_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Package_Control" ]; then
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit 0
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
Sadly my webserver is down as of now, so I can't post these scripts directly from my site, but this should work fine anyway. Enjoy!

Oh no I understand. Hah I figured that'd be the case that somebody created something like this.
Well my main point with these scripts was really just for self-teaching and such. Essentially though, my idea was to make a script which can help somebody who is newer and doesn't quite know all the helpful syntax of pacman or somebody who just doesn't want to be bothered with it have a quick and easy way to do it. Since there are already GUI front ends to do something like this, I figured a scripted version would be nicer for somebody who may need something less resource intense. That's the first script
The second script was just to make it a little less painful to navigate the pacman.conf file without having to go through it and figure out the syntax for everything (if you don't already know it) because I figured it was easier to find just a URL than to know all the syntax of the config file, and this just fills in the voids for you.
I use it for myself daily and it does make it a bit easier when you just want to install a package or update real quickly. Like I said though, I'm not surprised that there's something better implimented already. I figured I'd just toss it out there to see who could enjoy it. I appreciate the questioning though as you're right; I didn't make myself very clear-cut. At any rate, useful or not for people, they're here haha. Like I also said, I wrote these just as a learning experience for coding and other things. So, if somebody can find a use for them, all the better. If not, um, sorry to waste thread space haha.

[Solved](Offline) install of packages, pacman.conf?

Good morning (or what ever time of the day it is for you now )!
I tried offline installation as this guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Off … f_packages instructed plus configured pacman.conf to have Server = file:///var/lib/pacman/sync/approriate_dir lines. When trying pacman -Sp --noconfirm any_package I get ERROR: not found in sync db. Is there something I should know? Is my pacman.conf file made by an ass ?
Last edited by aCyd (2008-03-24 11:53:22)

I fixed it. This is how (maybe someone finds this useful):
the pacman that came with the installation cd was apparently different version than the one used when writing the wiki. It wouldn't look for the core.db.tar.gz and the other files from the /var/lib/pacman/sync/core etc folders (perhaps it would have found them from the /var/lib/pacman/core etc folders there were already, who knows didn't try).
I made a folder called /mnt/usb
mkdir /mnt/usb
mounted the usb stick (it showd as sdb1 for me)
mount /dev/sdx /mnt/usb
and added
Server = file:///mnt/usb/Arch
to my pacman.conf under [core], [extra] and [community] so pacman found them from my usb stick along with packages. I also made sure that the 'Include /path/to/mirrorlist' was commented. No tar command was needed.
pacman -Sp --noconfim {package-name} > pkglist
didn't work for me. I just got the last error line without any package names. Instead I used grep
pacman -Syu --noconfirm | grep error > pkglist
and upgraded the whole system.
I modified the pkglist in emacs with replace-string to remove '' from disk : No such file or directory' after the package name and then again to replace 'error: failed retrieving file '' with the url of my selected mirror. (I know that could have been done more elegantly using sed or something or even a proper regexp in emacs if not with the command) After that I downloaded the packages as instructed, copied them to my usb and mounted it to my Arch system and ran again
pacman -Syu

Pacman.conf parser for bash

I was thinking about the best way to parse pacman.conf for a bash script, and I was wondering if anyone had come up with something. If noone has, I was thinking of writing a perl script to do it:
$ pacparser.pl
pacman_repos=('core' 'extra' 'community' 'archlinuxfr')
pacman_mirrors=('ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686' [...]
eval `pacparser.pl`
for repo in ${pacman_repos[@]}; do
foo

Hi,
I once wrote a config parser in bash for a slighty different config file style, but I got it adapted to .ini style files pretty quickly. It skips comments and whitespace, but it doesn't support inline comments (I am too sleepy atm to add that, maybe tomorrow ). The following code includes the functions and a usage example. Maybe it's of use for you.
#!/bin/bash
CONFIG=/etc/pacman.conf
function readconf() {
match=0
while read line; do
# skip comments
[[ $line =~ ^\ {0,}# ]] && continue
# skip empty lines
[[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
# still no match? lets check again
if [ $match == 0 ]; then
# do we have a section tag ?
if [[ $line =~ ^\[.*?\] ]]; then
#strip []
line=${line:1:$((${#line}-2))}
# strip whitespace
section=${line// /}
# do we have a match ?
if [[ "$section" == "$1" ]]; then
match=1
continue
fi
continue
fi
# found next section after config was read - exit loop
elif [[ $line =~ ^\[.*?\] && $match == 1 ]]; then
break
# got a config line eval it
else
var=${line%%=*}
var=${var// /}
value=${line##*=}
value=${value## }
eval "$var='$value'"
fi
done < "$CONFIG"
readconf options
echo $HoldPkg
echo $section
readconf core
echo $Include
PS.: At the moment it works on a per section basis, but this could as well be wrapped up to read the pacman.conf only once.
Last edited by chimeric (2008-08-05 00:52:18)

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