[SOLVED] where does pacman keep downloaded packages?

Stupid question, I know - but I seem to be having a tough time finding the docs or config that describes where pacman stores the downloaded packages during upgrades and installs.
Last edited by corey_s (2011-07-12 02:30:04)

Right on, thanks guys. I had even looked in /etc/pacman.conf and somehow still missed it... sheesh.
Cheers

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I am trying to use Grip but need to find the path for lame I used pacman -S lame now i need to link the encoder excutable to the full path were lame was placed by pacman
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Pacman downloads packages to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ by default. Pacman then unpacks them and installs them on your system. If you need to find the full path to an executable, use the "which" command:
which lame
That will display the full path to lame. To see the full path to all files belonging to lame, you could do this:
pacman -Ql lame

Where does pacman saves the downloaded stuff?

When I first installed a program, it installed but pacman needed to download things, I then remove it but... When I re-install it again, pacman doesn't need to download the things any more...
Where does pacman store the downloaded stuff?
How do I get rid of them?

/var/cache/pacman/pkg
pacman -Sc or pacman -Scc
i recommend -Sc , -Scc can be harmful in the long run if you ever need to downgrade a package
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[solved] Where does yaourt store packages it creates from AUR ?

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Using yaourt for AUR access, pretty happy with it, too (most features & fast enough for me).
Now when I install something from the AUR, I'd like to keep a backup copy of the package (handy especially for some git / svn packages that do not always build). This leads to the question, where does yaourt store the packages before installing (should be able to grab a copy then ...) ? Or does yaourt itself keep a backup copy somewhere, like pacman does ?
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Please don't do that; that is what the wiki is for. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27
Closing

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Pacman is complaining that there is no package to download. Also to each server it connnects gives error 404.
I checked my mirrorlist and I have enough servers checked there. Also I think there noting wrong with pacman.conf.
My system was not upgraded for at least 2 years.
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--2012-07-11 17:08:56-- ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core … pkg.tar.xz
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Last edited by b0f00narch (2012-07-12 16:34:47)

Pacman is broken now.
pacman -Syu
pacman: error while loading shared libraries: libarchive.so.12: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Followed all the news and changes from year 2010. My problem was that I could not upgrade pacman to version 4 (is 3.5 npw). But now even the current version 3.5 is broken.
I will have to manually install pacman or what ?
Q: pacman is completely broken! How do I reinstall it?
A: In the case that pacman is broken beyond repair, manually download the necessary packages (openssl, libarchive, and pacman) and extract them to root. The pacman binary will be restored along with its default configuration file. Afterwards, reinstall these packages with pacman to maintain package database integrity. Additional information and an example (outdated) script that automates the process is available in this forum post.
Lets try this...
It worked, now I have pacman version 4.
Last edited by b0f00narch (2012-07-11 19:16:46)

Where does Snow Leo download the upgrade packages?

The software-upgrade function starts automatically in my osx 10.6, it downloads all the upgrade packages but before installing them, it asks me if I want to install all of them or few of them. Last time, I wanted to install only few of them. Now my question is: where did Snow Leopard download the rest of the upgrade packages that I didn't install? Can I delete them?
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Does pacman re-download even the same db on pacman -Sy?

let's say a maniac does
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every 2 minutes.
now in 2 minutes, nothing is changed..
does pacman asks for the filesize of the db, and if *exactly* the same, does it re-download it or not?
and if does, then why?

ok, it should be implemented. The last week I was worried on all guys by default getting packages from archlinux.org
at least same db should not be downloaded twice, and that can save some bandwitdh I hope.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&id=1492
btw, you all know, but md5sum has had a collision detection in august
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum

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Last edited by ezzetabi (2009-10-10 15:25:25)

[SOLVED] where does pacman keep downloaded packages?

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