[Solved] Installed as dependency for what package?

I was wondering, how can I find out what package has required the installation of another package? For example:
[~ ]$ pacman -Qi gegl
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
I couldn't find any option that would show me more info on this.
Last edited by Boris Bolgradov (2010-06-20 15:03:51)

[~ }$ pacman -Qi gegl
Required By : gimp
Do you have gimp installed?
Last edited by machoo02 (2010-06-20 15:00:42)

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SUGGEST:"Installed as a dependency for another package" -What package?

When we run "pacman -Qi" and the name of a package, ex: xulrunner (dependency of firefox), in the end, this shows up:
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
My suggestion is that it should show what package was it installed as a dependency of. Let me explain better. In this specific example, in my system, xulrunner was installed as a dependency of firefox, so, according to my suggestion, it should show exactly this:
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package - firefox
As you can see in bold, my suggestion adds firefox after showing that it was installed as a dependency.
I hope a Pacman/Arch Linux developer sees this topic and develop that feature,

Unlikely, tbh. Feature requests should be posted in the bugtracker.
Also.. the same pacman -Qi output already provides a 'Required By' which tells you which apps depend on the one you're looking at. Not quite the same, I know, but almost.

Missing dependency for Supertux package [staging] TUR

I did a :
pacman -Syu
pacman -S staging/supertux
supertux
Then it complains about missing libmikmod.so.2
I rebooted and retried. No success.
The I did a
pacman -S libmikmod
and it worked !
Have other people experienced that issue ?
When I do a
ldd /usr/bin/supertux
, the libmikmod is mentioned.
However, pacman did not install it with the package...
Did I find a missing dependency for that package or am I doing something wrong ?

It's a bug in sdl_mixer, I noticed this with another SDL game when I wanted to package it, it complained about no sound because of a non-working SDL_Mixer. Installing libmikmod resolved the problem.
This bug has been reported two days ago.

[Solved]pacman doesn't like ' =' in depends for pure package

Trying to install the pure programming language package available here.
$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: pure 0.60-1 (Tue Aug 12 19:22:57 EDT 2014)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
error: target not found: llvm<=3.4
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
PKGBUILD file:
# -*- shell-script -*-
# Contributor: Mikko Sysikaski mikko.sysikaski at gmail dot com
# Updated by Stephen Diehl - [email protected]
# Maintainer: Alastair Pharo asppsa at gmail dot com
# Maintainer: Albert Graef <[email protected]>
pkgname=pure
pkgver=0.60
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Pure is a modern-style functional programming language based on term rewriting."
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
license=('GPL3')
url="http://purelang.bitbucket.org/"
depends=('llvm<=3.4' 'gmp' 'mpfr' 'readline')
makedepends=('make' 'gcc')
optdepends=("pure-docs: online documentation"
"w3m: access to help in interactive mode"
"emacs-pure-mode: editing Pure files from Emacs"
"texmacs-pure: embedding Pure sessions in TeXmacs")
groups=(pure-complete pure-base)
source=("https://bitbucket.org/purelang/pure-lang/downloads/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
"https://bitbucket.org/purelang/pure-lang/downloads/llvm-3.3-tools.tar.bz2")
md5sums=('4bbd7cf05ce913814f02675c58aeaa23'
'0a3c4154e7d20f1d078d994ec47be1b7')
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-elisp --without-texmacs --enable-release
make || return 1
# check that the interpreter is working
make check || return 1
package() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
# llc in LLVM 3.4 is broken; these will work with both LLVM 3.3 and 3.4
cd $srcdir/llvm-3.3-tools/$CARCH
cp llc opt $pkgdir/usr/lib/pure || return 1
I have installed for now by simply removing the
<=3.4
requirement but only out of frustration. I'm at a loss as to why pacman would be complaining, I see the bit about 'LLVM 3.4 is broken' but for one, 3.4 is already installed from [extra] and for two, 3.3 ought to meet the criteria. All help/explanation appreciated.
Last edited by luisrayas3 (2014-08-18 20:06:03)

luisrayas3 wrote:
isn't it?? I would consider 3.4.2 == 3.4 from a versioning perspective and therefore also 3.4.2 <= 3.4
edit: also worth noting that it does work anyhow with 3.4.2
Nope, doesn't work that way. Try it yourself.
% vercmp -h
usage: vercmp <ver1> <ver2>
output values:
< 0 : if ver1 < ver2
0 : if ver1 == ver2
> 0 : if ver1 > ver2
% vercmp 3.4.2 3.4
1

[SOLVED] Satisfying a dependency for package X with my package Y

Hi,
let's assume there are packages which depend on package X. Now I created a package Y in aur which is a slightly modified version of package X (some other configure options) but will also work with every package which depends on package X.
Now I used
conflicts=('X')
so my package can't be installed together with X because they have the same binaries, libs,... in the same places. But how can I make sure that the packages depending on X will be satisfied with package Y and don't want X to be installed? Is
provides=('X')
the correct thing?
greetings
Last edited by Rorschach (2009-05-25 10:24:09)

Yes, provides=('X') is what you want. You might want provides=("X=version") to satisfy versioned dependencies.

[SOLVED]Installing it87 driver for lm_sensors support

Hello,
I've done much research on how to properly install an update it87 driver that could make 0x8620 work.
I ran sensors-detect and ran into this:
# sensors-detect revision 6209 (2014-01-14 22:51:58 +0100)
# System: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z97X-Gaming 7
This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.
Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors.
Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): y
Module cpuid loaded successfully.
Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No
VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No
VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No
AMD K8 thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h thermal sensors... No
AMD Family 15h power sensors... No
AMD Family 16h power sensors... No
Intel digital thermal sensor... Success!
(driver `coretemp')
Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No
VIA C7 thermal sensor... No
VIA Nano thermal sensor... No
Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0x8620
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No
Trying family `ITE'... No
Some systems (mainly servers) implement IPMI, a set of common interfaces
through which system health data may be retrieved, amongst other things.
We first try to get the information from SMBIOS. If we don't find it
there, we have to read from arbitrary I/O ports to probe for such
interfaces. This is normally safe. Do you want to scan for IPMI
interfaces? (YES/no): y
# DMI data unavailable, please consider installing dmidecode 2.7
# or later for better results.
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No
Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports.
We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually
safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any
ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware
monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works
reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble
on some systems.
Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): y
Found unknown SMBus adapter 8086:8ca2 at 0000:00:1f.3.
Sorry, no supported PCI bus adapters found.
Module i2c-dev loaded successfully.
Next adapter: i915 gmbus ssc (i2c-0)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Next adapter: i915 gmbus vga (i2c-1)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Next adapter: i915 gmbus panel (i2c-2)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpc (i2c-3)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpb (i2c-4)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Next adapter: i915 gmbus dpd (i2c-5)
Do you want to scan it? (yes/NO/selectively): y
Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:
Driver `coretemp':
* Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)
Do you want to overwrite /etc/conf.d/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm_sensors.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/lm_sensors.service.
Unloading i2c-dev... OK
Unloading cpuid... OK
So I did some research and found that this was updated and available as a potential driver for my MOBO:
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices
You will see the IT8620E which covers the unknown chip lm_sensors found.
I downloaded the file, extracted it and tried to do a
sudo make
but I ran into an error because it was looking for
KERNEL_BUILD := /usr/src/linux-headers-$(TARGET)
which is NOT in that directory. I installed the linux-headers and saw that it adds files to
/lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH
. I modified the Makefile and it got past that part but it ran into another error during
make install
After much frustration I looked and saw
usr/lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko.gz
so now I'm questioning if I even need to install this driver or if I need to update it. Is there a way to learn more about these drivers that come in the linux package?
I can't find anything concrete on how to make this work. I'm just trying to add my fan speeds and other junk to my conky!
Edit:
modinfo it87 gave me this result:
filename: /lib/modules/3.19.3-3-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko.gz
license: GPL
description: IT8705F/IT871xF/IT872xF hardware monitoring driver
author: Chris Gauthron, Jean Delvare <[email protected]>
depends: hwmon-vid,hwmon
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.19.3-3-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: force_id:Override the detected device ID (ushort)
parm: update_vbat:Update vbat if set else return powerup value (bool)
parm: fix_pwm_polarity:Force PWM polarity to active high (DANGEROUS) (bool)
So, this tells me that this driver does not cover 8620.
Last edited by SirMyztiq (2015-04-10 06:23:31)

Update:
I believe after some researching and actually going for it that I managed to install the it87 test driver.
I modified the Makefile on this line:
KERNEL_BUILD := /lib/modules/$(TARGET)/build
And when it failed on this line:
SYSTEM_MAP := /boot/System.map-$(TARGET)
I did:
sudo cp /proc/kallsyms /boot/System.map-`uname -r`
Because Arch doesn't put this file there because it isn't needed to boot...I think.
Either way it finished and I was able to use the lm_sensors.

[SOLVED] pacman: grep database for specific packages?

$ pacman -Ss zsh
extra/grml-zsh-config 0.9.1-1
grml's zsh setup
extra/zsh 5.0.2-4 [installed]
A very advanced and programmable command interpreter (shell) for UNIX
community/zsh-lovers 0.8.3-2
A collection of tips, tricks and examples for the Z shell.
community/zshdb 0.08-2
A debugger for zsh scripts.
$ pacman -Ss zsh | cut -s -d/ -f2 | grep '^zsh ' | cut -d' ' -f1
zsh
I'm trying to grep pacman output for a specific packages (not just zsh) and receive only the package name as it was passed to pacman as a output (if it exists in the repos that is, otherwise blank / exit 1). The above command works fine in the terminal but when I'm trying to use it from a bash script it only returns blanks. How come?
Simplified version of the script:
tank (zsh ksh)
for x in ${tank[*]}; do
echo $x
present=$(pacman -Qs ${x} | cut -s -d/ -f2 | grep '^${x} ' | cut -d' ' -f1)
echo $present
done
I expect it to return output of a pacman command in the second echo (or blank if there's no packgae like that).
edit: change of title.
2nd edit: added simplified script.
Last edited by thoajdzm (2013-11-16 14:34:59)

Raynman wrote:
And consider using
$ pacman -Ssq '^zsh$'
instead of that pipeline.
Brilliant! Much leaner. However it still doesn't work from a script:
tank=(zsh)
for x in ${tank[*]}; do
echo $x
present=$(pacman -Ssq '^${x}$')
echo $present
done
Second echo returns blank... Am I quoting something wrong?

[solved] Installing cairo-compmgr: No package 'libvala-0.14' found

Hi,
I am trying to install cairo-compmgr but I cannot pass the configuration step since it complains with this:
No package 'libvala-0.14' found
But vala is installed:
Name : vala
Version : 0.16.0-1
URL : http://live.gnome.org/Vala
Licenses : LGPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : glib2
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 9740.00 KiB
Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <[email protected]>
Architecture : x86_64
Build Date : Fri 30 Mar 2012 11:33:23 AM CEST
Install Date : Fri 11 May 2012 06:32:35 PM CEST
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description : Compiler for the GObject type system
Heres the end of the configure/makepkg output:
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for CAIRO_COMPMGR... no
configure: error: Package requirements (xcomposite,
xdamage,
xext,
xi,
x11,
ice,
sm,
cairo >= 1.8.0,
pixman-1 >= 0.16.0,
gtk+-2.0 >= 2.16.0
libvala-0.14 >= 0.14.0) were not met:
No package 'libvala-0.14' found
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables CAIRO_COMPMGR_CFLAGS
and CAIRO_COMPMGR_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
So what am I doing wrong?
Last edited by javex (2012-07-29 14:21:36)

javex wrote:Yes I know that. But it requests it above or equal to 0.14 and so 0.16 should match it.
I just don't think that's how it's working here. I think the "left side of the equation" is used to find a file in the directory containing pc files (/usr/lib/pkgconfig). The arch package gtk2 supplies a file called "gtk+-2.0.pc", the arch package pixman supplies a file called "pixman-1.pc", but the arch package vala provides a file called "libvala-0.16.pc" not "libvala-0.14.pc". The fact that it says specifically "No package 'libvala-0.14' found" (as opposed to "No package "libvala" found) is further indication.
Besides, how would "pixman-1 >= 0.16.0" make sense otherwise?
Last edited by alphaniner (2012-05-11 19:32:11)

[SOLVED] Pacman's "Depends On" field

When I query how much space firefox is going to take and what its dependencies are I get a list and a value which are very different from what I get when I actually try to install it. Can somebody please explain why is it like that?
[lex@gaia ~]$ pacman -Si firefox
Depends On : xulrunner=1.9.2.8 desktop-file-utils
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 771.98 K
Installed Size : 3628.00 K
[lex@gaia ~]$ sudo pacman -S firefox
Password:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (4): mozilla-common-1.4-1 mime-types-1.0-3 xulrunner-1.9.2.8-1 firefox-3.6.8-1
Total Download Size: 16.09 MB
Total Installed Size: 83.33 MB
Last edited by archguest (2010-08-09 14:28:55)

karol wrote:
archguest wrote:
Thanks guys, I understood that. What I wonder about is what use is "depends on" line if it does not show recursive dependencies? Is there a reason to why it doesn't?
The way it is now I can't tell how much is going to be installed and what until I try to install the package.
There are some tools that attempt to do that, but if you're so smart, tell me, would you count xulrunner as a firefox dependency if you already have it installed as a dependency for another package? There were similar discussions on the forums and there may be some similar feature requests in the bug tracker.
Nowadays people may have sh*tty cpus, so they prefer binary-based distro to a source-based one. They may have not that mush RAM, so they like lightweight apps, but most people have enough of harddrive space to simply install the thing, try it out and keep it if they like it - not because it's small, but because it works for them.
With due respect but I find your language offensive. I didn't say that I am smart and I did not even challenge the way things are. I asked *why* they are the way they are.
In answer to your question, xulrunner is a dependency because without it firefox won't run. Maybe what I am looking for is not a list of first-order dependencies for a package but a list of packages to be downloaded and installed with the package. In the context of your question, xulrunner would not be on that list as it already is installed.
I agree with you about the disk space. The disk space is not my concern. I just wanted to know why pacman does not display what packages will be downloaded and installed before I actually run install (as a root).
Despite I have not received an answer to my question, I now begin to think it was a design decision. I wonder if having this information displayed in addition to what pacman -Si already displays would be useful. The rationale would be that it is not reasonable to su or sudo just to find out how many packages need to be downloaded and installed to get some package working.
Last edited by archguest (2010-08-08 14:08:05)

[SOLVED by xyne] Search for packages I have but are NOT installed?

Hi all,
I run a couple of computers on Arch (both 64-bit), was just wondering if I could copy the /var/cache/pacman/pkg from one computer to the other, and then run some command to install from the cache all packages that are not currently installed. Basically it would be something like "go through all the packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg, if any are installed ignore them, if a newer version is installed ignore them, but if no version of this package is installed then install it.
Last edited by ngoonee (2009-06-26 05:17:35)

Try this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
exit(1) if not @ARGV;
my $cachedir = $ARGV[0];
$cachedir = substr($cachedir,0,-1) if substr($cachedir,-1) eq '/';
opendir(my $dh, $ARGV[0]) or die $!;
my @cache_pkgs = map { s/-[^-]+-[^-]+(?:-i686|-x86_64|-any)?\.pkg\.tar\.gz$//; $_ }
grep {/\.pkg\.tar\.gz$/}
readdir($dh);
closedir($dh);
my @installed_pkgs = split(/\s*\n\s*/, `pacman -Qq`);
my %cache_pkgs;
$cache_pkgs{$_} = 1 foreach @cache_pkgs;
my %installed_pkgs;
$installed_pkgs{$_} = 1 foreach @installed_pkgs;
foreach (keys(%cache_pkgs))
delete($cache_pkgs{$_}) if exists($installed_pkgs{$_});
# uncomment these lines if you just want a list of uninstalled packages
# without filtering dependencies
# @cache_pkgs = keys(%cache_pkgs);
# print "$_\n" foreach @cache_pkgs;
# exit();
my $pkg_files;
foreach my $pkg (keys(%cache_pkgs))
opendir(my $dh, $cachedir) or die $!;
my @pkg_files = grep {/^\Q$pkg\E/} readdir($dh);
closedir($dh);
foreach my $pkg_file (@pkg_files)
if ( $pkg_file =~ m/^(.+)-([^-]+-[^-]+)(?:-i686|-x86_64|-any)?\.pkg\.tar\.gz$/ )
$pkg_file = $cachedir . '/' . $pkg_file;
if (not exists($pkg_files->{$1}))
$pkg_files->{$1}->{'ver'} = $2;
$pkg_files->{$1}->{'file'} = $pkg_file;
else
my $ver = $pkg_files->{$1}->{'ver'};
if (&compare_versions($2,$ver))
$pkg_files->{$1}->{'ver'} = $2;
$pkg_files->{$1}->{'file'} = $pkg_file;
foreach my $pkg (keys(%{$pkg_files}))
my $pkg_file = $pkg_files->{$pkg}->{'file'};
my $pkginfo = `tar -O -zxf $pkg_file .PKGINFO`;
foreach my $line (split(/\s*\n\s*/, $pkginfo))
if ($line =~ /^depend\s+=\s+([^>=\s]+)/)
delete($cache_pkgs{$1}) if exists($installed_pkgs{$1});
@cache_pkgs = keys(%cache_pkgs);
print "$_\n" foreach @cache_pkgs;
sub compare_versions
my ($a,$b) = @_;
return -1 if not defined($a) and defined($b);
return 1 if defined($a) and not defined($b);
return 0 if not defined($a) and not defined($b);
my ($rel_a,$rel_b) = (0,0);
if ($a =~ m/(.*)-(.+)$/) {($a,$rel_a)=($1,$2);}
if ($b =~ m/(.*)-(.+)$/) {($b,$rel_b)=($1,$2);}
my @a = split(/\./,$a);
my @b = split(/\./,$b);
my $len_a = scalar @a;
my $len_b = scalar @b;
my $n = ($len_a < $len_b) ? $len_a : $len_b;
for (my $i=0; $i<$n; $i++)
my ($int_a,$alph_a,$dash_a) = ($a[$i] =~ m/^(\d*)(.*?)(_.*)?$/);
my ($int_b,$alph_b,$dash_b) = ($b[$i] =~ m/^(\d*)(.*?)(_.*)?$/);
$int_a = 0 if $int_a eq '';
$int_b = 0 if $int_b eq '';
if ($int_a != $int_b)
return $int_a <=> $int_b;
if (length($alph_a) and not length($alph_b))
return -1;
if (not length($alph_a) and length($alph_b))
return 1;
if ($alph_a ne $alph_b)
return $alph_a cmp $alph_b;
return 1 if defined($dash_a) and not defined($dash_b);
return -1 if not defined($dash_a) and defined($dash_b);
if (defined($dash_a) and defined($dash_b))
my $dash_cmp = $dash_a cmp $dash_b;
return $dash_cmp if $dash_cmp != 0;
return $len_a <=> $len_b if not $len_a == $len_b;
return $rel_a <=> $rel_b;
Save it as "list_pkgs", make it executable and then run it with
./list_pkgs /var/cache/pacman/pkg
It should spit back a list which contains all packages in the cache which are currently uninstalled, minus any packages which are dependencies of others. To install those packages, combine it with pacman:
pacman -S $(./list_pkgs /var/cache/pacman/pkg)
This doesn't completely solve the issue of explicit versus implicit installation, but I expect that this would be more manageable than installing everything explicitly. I've commented on lines which can be uncommented to get a simple list which ignores dependency relationships.
Btw, the script isn't really as long as it might look. The compare_versions function, which I copied over from another module, nearly doubles the size of the script.
*edited for typos*
Last edited by Xyne (2009-06-26 04:30:12)

I have original cs3 master collection but scratched. i need to install it on my macbook pro (mavericks). Adobe download links don't work. I have original serial number. what should i do? i paid a lot for the package.

I have original cs3 master collection but scratched. i need to install it on my macbook pro (mavericks). Adobe download links don't work. I have original serial number. what should i do? i paid a lot for the package.

Downloads available:
Suite: CC | CS6 | CS5.5 | CS5 | CS4 | CS3
Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8
Premiere Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7
Photoshop Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7
Lightroom: 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 7 | 6 | 5
Download and installation help for Adobe links
Download and installation help for Prodesigntools links are listed on most linked pages. They are critical; especially steps 1, 2 and 3. If you click a link that does not have those steps listed, open a second window using the Lightroom 3 link to see those 'Important Instructions'.

What packages are required for an 11.2.0.3 install on Solaris 11?

Where can I find information on which packages are required to install Oracle 11.2.0.3 on Solaris 11?
The documentation only mentions Solaris 10. I tracked down the packages required for Solaris 10, and most of them are either included in the GA release of 11 or obsoleted.
There are however a couple of packages that are missing from the base install of Solaris 11:
SUNWarc (renamed to):
     * consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation (installed)
     * developer/library/lint (missing)
SUNWhea (renamed to):
     * consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation (installed)
     * system/header (misising)
So it looks like developer/library/lint and system/header are packages from required for Solaris 10 that are missing on 11. The installer however doesn't check for any packages whatsoever.
Does that mean it's safe to install the database?
Edited by: 894946 on Nov 21, 2011 8:38 AM

Here is list of packages you need in order to install Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris 11:
SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibms SUNWpool SUNWpoolr SUNWsprot SUNWtoo SUNWlibm SUNWuiu8 SUNWfont-xorg-core SUNWfont-xorg-iso8859-1 SUNWmfrun SUNWxorg-client-programs SUNWxorg-clientlibs SUNWxwfsw SUNWxwplt
Some of the above are installed by default which you can find by:
pkginfo -i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibms SUNWpool SUNWpoolr SUNWsprot SUNWtoo SUNWlibm SUNWuiu8 SUNWfont-xorg-core SUNWfont-xorg-iso8859-1 SUNWmfrun SUNWxorg-client-programs SUNWxorg-clientlibs SUNWxwfsw SUNWxwplt
I believe you will only have to install the following:
pkg install compatibility/packages/SUNWxwplt SUNWarc SUNWhea SUNWxorg-client-programs SUNWxorg-clientlibs
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[SOLVED] Install multiple packages at once?

Arch linux has by far the best documentation I've seen at this point and while I've read through the ABS section and the PACBUILDER section, I've not seen what I'm looking for. Because of this, if its right in front of me, by all means, please point it out.
Here's what I'm looking to accomplish:
I'm running this on a simple notebook and I'm the only user so I don't really have any configurations that need be made on the fly later on, its pretty much just set it up the way I like it and that's that. When I run a clean install, afterwards, I perform most of the steps outlined in the wiki's beginner's installation guide such as:
install sudo, modify sudoers (using wheel group method)
install x
install nouveau and mesa
install synaptic
install dbus
etc, etc, you get the point.
Anyhow, instead of spending 2 hours (yes it takes me that long) typing pacman -S <package> to get everything installed and then spending the time to modify things like daemon array in rc.conf, etc... is there some way I can compile a set of packages to be installed together? for example, if I could package the above mentioned packages inside one package then just execute with pacman -U custompackage1.tar.gz that would be a good time saver especially if I reformat the hard disk and want to get everything back to my "base clean install" with all my base settings, programs, etc etc.
I really hope this makes sense and that I didn't botch up my description of what I want to achieve.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by shushu (2012-01-24 18:51:19)

The easiest would probably be to keep a list of packages you want to install, update the fresh system first and then pipe your packages into pacman like this
pacman -S $(<list)
You can back up your config files (just tar them with full path) but I wouldn't recommend overwriting them blindly, as depending on the config file things may be slightly different on other hardware or you could miss some change in upstream config (pacnew etc).
Last edited by hokasch (2012-01-24 14:27:43)

What packages to install, and how to install in an USB hard drive

Hello.
Well, as I said in another thread, I want to install in an USB hard drive. But I don't know how, because it hasn't graphical installer, but text installer. I tried in a virtual machine, and it was fine, but when I want to start it, an error appears, "Was not found a bootable system" or something. Maybe a VM is not as a computer, but... well. I didn't change anything while I was installing GRUB, and I know that I've to install it in /dev/sdb.
And I want to know too, what packages to install and what packages don't (the ones which are neither "base" nor "base-devel"). But I'll install sudo, links and ndiswrapper (for wifi).
Thanks, and excuse me if my English is bad.

Gotta use the wiki my friend and this one is even translated into Spanish:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … C3%B1ol%29
As to your question about which packages you'll need beyond those in base and base-devel - that depends on what you want on your system... no one can answer that but you!
Welcome to Arch.
Last edited by graysky (2011-01-01 19:50:46)

How to install only selected version of packages for stability ?

i want a stable distro. but i also dont want leave arch and its aur. so i want to install only stable version for all packages. the version number can be know from http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/ … CKAGES.TXT or http://packages.debian.org/stable/allpa … mat=txt.gz or own expieriance. so it would make my arch more stable.
right now i can think of one way to achive this, by create another repositery and disabling all others including core extra community etc.
so which one is more feasible different repositery or different, stable distro (may be slack).
thanks

How do you measure that stability?
in infinitely stable system, binary will only do what they are supposed to do. thats what is desirable. one way to find out the stability is testing for a period of time. and i heard slackware and debian stable are most tested distro so thats why i chose their packages.txt.
i am ignoring their interference with upstream packages and assuming it has zero effect on stability. however feel free to shatter my assumption.
Arch is a rolling release; it is predicated on moving with upstream.
it does not matter the only requirement is that the required version of the pacages should exist somewhere. with the proposed changes it would not be rolling anymore, at least apparantly.
Depends how much work you want to put into it. I expect that in turn depends on the issues you believe have been caused by arch's alleged lack of stability, and you haven't said anything about them.
Given your apparent determination to stay with Arch, it's odd that you included the option to change distro in your question, but it's the option I would recommend to you. If you decide to persist with Arch, here's a previous attempt to inspire you.
the point is i dont have to do much work. most of the work is testing, which is already done by big distros like slack, debian. i am just using their knowledge of most stable packages and applying that in arch. the only work i have to do is to automate the whole process of changing the database file.
yes i am facing issue with my current arch, xfce-panel is crashing. there is fixed bitmap in my top left corner etc. but i dont want to spend my time debugging these problems. but i do want them dissappeared, hopefully the proposed change would do that.
i think i am moving to slackware but without leaving arch. the only difference between them that matters is slackware is well tested distro and i think i am bringing that quality in my arch.
the difference between archserver and arch is archserver provides more stability but not more than slackware. so i think i am not intrested in archserver.

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