Users of Eclipse - Arch packages or self-maintained?

I've always used my own self-maintained Eclipse installation (in /home/LinuxProg) since I first started using Eclipse back in my Ubuntu days. Just today I was trying out eclim and had problems getting it working on that install, so I figured I would try out the Arch packages, and they 'just worked'.
I previously kept my Eclipse separate since it has its own updater and I would sometimes use it from Ubuntu, but I haven't done that in a year now so I figured there was no more advantage to using it the way I had before. So, a question to Eclipse users, how many of you DON'T use the Arch packages?

ngoonee wrote:
sigmund wrote:
I maintain separate Eclipse installations by a simple, free and smart app named Pulse from poweredbypulse.com.
The advantages of using Pulse are many because it automagically updates everything from the standard environment to every plug-in (small like svn or "big" like pdt,cdt, jdt with no issues), it lets you propagate in just a few minutes a complete set of profiles to many different workstations that will share every option you have chosen from one place, it is cross platform and you can trust Genuitec because they are true Eclipse contributors that will never spam you in any way.
It's so easy to run multiple Eclipse installations with no binaries duplicates that I have been never looking for distros packages for a couple of years.
I really think that Pulse should be a must for every Eclipse user who is not interested in becoming an expert of the Eclipse inner details, but just a satisfied and a proficient user of a fully customized/able environment.
While I appreciate your contribution and suggestion, I think the overall tone of your post sounds just like a marketing video. Seriously, 'you can trust X because Y'?
In any case, I may look into that once I'm done with my PhD. Thanks.
Yes, you are probably right, but I am not paid by them at all. They are just good enough at it that I am simply so happy that I wanted to share the experience and give my 2cents tip.
Edit: Of course, Genuitec would like you to download and buy commercially packed profiles for Java and other languages, but the community free profiles are just nice for my professional use and I have never received any spamming mail from them on the account I had created for that purpose and a year ago I switched my email account to the one I am currently using for all the open source stuff.
Edit: If you do not pay a sort of yearly subscription (I have never paid) they will not let you quickly search the database that contains what is available and I have sometimes missed a useful plugin such as Eclox for Doxygen, but browsing for myself was enough to find it and add it to my profiles with some other add-ons I would not have otherwise discovered. Eheheh...
Edit.If you are interested in team development and - in this case - profiles sharing and cutomization depending on the user level, you have to subscribe but this is not needed by a single user like me who is trying to reinvent a new job.
Last edited by sigmund (2011-03-14 09:16:38)

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gtk-smooth-engine-0.5.8-3.pkg.tar.gz
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xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.gz
zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.gz
zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
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EDIT: I redid the compression in a more accurate manner and got the following results:
7zip compress: 19:41
Bzip2 compress: 8:56
Gzip compress: 3:00
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Later, I decompressed all of them in sequence, yielding these times (much more accurate):
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Bzip2 decompress: 2:37
Gzip decompress: 34 seconds
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tar/:
total 241176 (100% tar size)
128337 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar
96814 acroread-7.0.0-1.pkg.tar
4957 gecko-sdk-1.7.3-1.pkg.tar
4857 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar
2715 openldap-2.2.24-1.pkg.tar
953 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar
541 gtk-smooth-engine-0.5.8-3.pkg.tar
533 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar
400 mtools-3.9.9-2.pkg.tar
312 mrxvt-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar
232 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar
160 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar
152 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar
112 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar
60 sdl_ttf-2.0.6-2.pkg.tar
32 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar
12 mozilla-common-1.0-2.pkg.tar
gz/:
total 105104 (43% tar size)
60627 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar.gz (47%)
39194 acroread-7.0.0-1.pkg.tar.gz (40%)
1886 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.gz (39%)
1057 openldap-2.2.24-1.pkg.tar.gz (39%)
973 gecko-sdk-1.7.3-1.pkg.tar.gz (19%)
440 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.gz (46%)
180 mtools-3.9.9-2.pkg.tar.gz (45%)
176 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.gz (33%)
156 gtk-smooth-engine-0.5.8-3.pkg.tar.gz (29%)
140 mrxvt-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz (45%)
92 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.gz (40%)
68 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.gz (43%)
48 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.gz (43%)
32 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.gz (21%)
20 sdl_ttf-2.0.6-2.pkg.tar.gz (33%)
12 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.gz (38%)
4 mozilla-common-1.0-2.pkg.tar.gz (33%)
bz2/:
total 100035 (41% tar size)
58285 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (45%)
37108 acroread-7.0.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (38%)
1694 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.bz2 (35%)
949 openldap-2.2.24-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (35%)
817 gecko-sdk-1.7.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (16%)
316 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (33%)
176 mtools-3.9.9-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (44%)
160 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (30%)
140 gtk-smooth-engine-0.5.8-3.pkg.tar.bz2 (26%)
136 mrxvt-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (44%)
76 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (33%)
68 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.bz2 (43%)
48 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (43%)
28 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.bz2 (18%)
20 sdl_ttf-2.0.6-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (33%)
12 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2 (38%)
4 mozilla-common-1.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2 (33%)
7z/:
total 80277 (33% tar size)
47971 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar.7z (37%)
29369 acroread-7.0.0-1.pkg.tar.7z (30%)
709 openldap-2.2.24-1.pkg.tar.7z (26%)
697 gecko-sdk-1.7.3-1.pkg.tar.7z (14%)
553 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.7z (11%) (I double checked this one)
232 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.7z (24%)
160 mtools-3.9.9-2.pkg.tar.7z (40%)
140 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.7z (26%)
120 mrxvt-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar.7z (38%)
112 gtk-smooth-engine-0.5.8-3.pkg.tar.7z (21%)
60 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.7z (26%)
60 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.7z (38%)
40 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.7z (33%)
28 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.7z (18%)
16 sdl_ttf-2.0.6-2.pkg.tar.7z (27%)
8 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.7z (25%)
4 mozilla-common-1.0-2.pkg.tar.7z (33%)
Overall, you can tell that 7zip files are consistantly much smaller than gzip or bzip2, albeit taking much longer to compress. It should be noted again that 7zips long compression time on acroread may be atypical, and that in a grander scheme it would be more comparable to bzip2 in speed. Unlike bzip2, which compressed files just a few percentages smaller than gzip, 7zip was much more effective at compressing at significantly smaller sizes. In the longer run, if 7zip and p7zip continue to increase compression and decompression speed, it might become a viable alternative to gzip.

I redid the test with a larger/more diversified package set. For the sake of brevity, I'll put the interesting info at the beginning:
Here are the times:
7zcompress: 53:08
bz2compress: 23:26
gzcompress: 8:07
7zdecompress: 3:01
bz2decompress: 5:54
gzdecompress: 1:14
Here are the commulative size comparisons of the formats with percentages refering to their size vis-a-vis the original tarfile (see below for details:
Cummulative tar size: 673329
gzip: 251219 (37%)
bzip2: 223803 (33%)
7zip: 183214 (27%)
Conclusions:
It appears the compression latencies seen with acroread previously are pretty consistent and not just a fluke. On the other end, 7zip this time appears to be a bit faster in decompression in relation to bzip2 than the previous round. Moreover, although 7zip generates archives that are significantly smaller than their gzip and bzip2 equivalents, this round reveals a smaller margin of difference between bzip2 archives and 7zip archives. In general, all three formats yielded better compression sizes than in the previous round. 7zip looks like a promising compression utility, especially if it can cut down on the compression time, which appears comparatively abhorrent on my celeron1 450mhz.
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total 673329
128337 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar
128017 tetex-3.0-1.pkg.tar
85123 j2re-1.5.0_01-1.pkg.tar
34654 python-2.4.1-1.pkg.tar
31271 perl-5.8.6-2.pkg.tar
10883 ruby-1.8.2-3.pkg.tar
10282 vim-6.3-4.pkg.tar
9349 xine-lib-1.0-1.pkg.tar
9089 foomatic-2.0.3-2.pkg.tar
6959 perl-tk-804.027-1.pkg.tar
6839 db-4.3.27-2.pkg.tar
6787 ted-2.17-1.pkg.tar
6558 ncurses-5.4-2.pkg.tar
6498 ding-1.3-3.pkg.tar
6238 binutils-2.15-1.pkg.tar
6026 xfwm4-themes-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
5557 xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
5285 xmms-1.2.10-3.pkg.tar
5097 tcl-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar
4897 lesstif-0.94.0-1.pkg.tar
4857 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar
4805 xmms-skins-0.3-1.pkg.tar
4404 libgphoto2-2.1.5-1.pkg.tar
4264 pygtk-2.6.1-1.pkg.tar
4076 libxml2-2.6.19-1.pkg.tar
3864 ttf-ms-fonts-1.3-6.pkg.tar
3704 bmp-0.9.7-1.pkg.tar
3636 tk-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar
3624 doxygen-1.4.1-1.pkg.tar
3596 heimdal-0.6.3-3.pkg.tar
3415 fortune-mod-9708-1.pkg.tar
3323 xfdesktop-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
3295 xffm-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar
3143 pan-0.14.2.91-2.pkg.tar
2715 libvorbis-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar
2663 xine-ui-0.99.3-2.pkg.tar
2603 vte-0.11.11-4.pkg.tar
2462 flac-1.1.2-2.pkg.tar
2414 freetype2-2.1.9-2.pkg.tar
2402 xfwm4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
2362 libxfcegui4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
2242 libtool-1.5.14-1.pkg.tar
2062 flashplugin-7.0.25.0-1.pkg.tar
2062 nedit-5.5-1.pkg.tar
2054 pango-1.8.1-1.pkg.tar
2034 dbus-0.23.2-3.pkg.tar
1914 hwd-4.1.2-1.pkg.tar
1902 xfce4-session-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
1874 hpijs-1.7.1-1.pkg.tar
1762 xfce4-artwork-0.0.4-1.pkg.tar
1522 fftw-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar
1514 t1lib-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar
1473 jasper-1.701.0-1.pkg.tar
1473 lincity-1.12.1-1.pkg.tar
1453 file-4.13-1.pkg.tar
1421 tunepimp-0.3.0-3.pkg.tar
1321 libtiff-3.7.2-1.pkg.tar
1281 divx4linux-5.10-3.pkg.tar
1261 lynx-2.8.5-2.pkg.tar
1213 libmng-1.0.9-1.pkg.tar
1193 lftp-3.1.2-1.pkg.tar
1193 xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar
1173 pilot-link-0.11.8-3.pkg.tar
1013 prelink-20041123-1.pkg.tar
993 lm_sensors-2.9.1-1.pkg.tar
973 tar-1.15.1-1.pkg.tar
973 xfce-utils-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
973 xfce4-panel-4.2.1.1-1.pkg.tar
961 libxslt-1.1.14-1.pkg.tar
961 pam-0.79-1.pkg.tar
953 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar
953 libgsf-1.11.1-2.pkg.tar
941 reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-1.pkg.tar
921 libpng-1.2.8-1.pkg.tar
913 pacman-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar
881 libgcrypt-1.2.1-1.pkg.tar
853 jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-2.pkg.tar
833 faad2-devel-2.0.cvs20040915-1.pkg.tar
833 libsndfile-1.0.11-1.pkg.tar
813 bash-3.0-6.pkg.tar
813 timidity++-2.13.0-1.pkg.tar
801 nano-1.2.4-3.pkg.tar
781 xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
773 libcroco-0.6.0-2.pkg.tar
741 fontconfig-2.3.1-1.pkg.tar
741 xfprint-4.2.1-2.pkg.tar
733 libmikmod-3.1.11-1.pkg.tar
701 bison-2.0-1.pkg.tar
693 librsvg-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar
693 taglib-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar
653 ppp-2.4.3-1.pkg.tar
653 tidyhtml-20040308-1.pkg.tar
641 faad2-2.0-5.pkg.tar
633 readline-5.0-3.pkg.tar
621 lcms-1.14-1.pkg.tar
593 lua-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar
581 xfce4-weather-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar
561 libidn-0.5.15-1.pkg.tar
541 findutils-4.2.20-1.pkg.tar
533 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar
513 foomatic-db-engine-3.0.1-1.pkg.tar
513 libmal-0.40-1.pkg.tar
501 libxfce4util-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
501 perlxml-2.34-3.pkg.tar
493 pornview-0.1.5-2.pkg.tar
493 vorbis-tools-1.0.1-5.pkg.tar
481 rar-3.4.1-1.pkg.tar
473 libglade-2.5.1-1.pkg.tar
473 libjpeg-6b-3.pkg.tar
452 libksba-0.9.9-1.pkg.tar
440 flex-2.5.31-2.pkg.tar
440 libungif-4.1.3-1.pkg.tar
432 libidl2-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar
420 libexif-0.6.9-1.pkg.tar
420 xfce4-mixer-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar
412 libidl-0.6.8-1.pkg.tar
400 docbook-xml-4.1.2-2.pkg.tar
400 raptor-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar
392 libpcap-0.8.3-1.pkg.tar
380 freetype1-1.3.1-2.pkg.tar
372 feh-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar
372 nasm-0.98.39-1.pkg.tar
372 net-tools-1.60-9.pkg.tar
360 procps-3.2.5-1.pkg.tar
352 pciutils-2.1.11-3.pkg.tar
332 libart-lgpl-2.3.17-1.pkg.tar
332 pcre-5.0-1.pkg.tar
300 libtheora-1.0alpha4-1.pkg.tar
292 xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
272 libelf-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar
260 ripperx-2.6.4-1.pkg.tar
252 libsamplerate-0.1.2-1.pkg.tar
252 pth-2.0.3-1.pkg.tar
252 xfcalendar-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar
240 fam-2.7.0-3.pkg.tar
240 pinentry-0.7.1-1.pkg.tar
232 libxfce4mcs-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
232 lilo-22.7-1.pkg.tar
232 lzo-1.08-1.pkg.tar
232 psutils-p17-3.pkg.tar
232 xfce4-appfinder-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
232 xfce4-iconbox-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar
232 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar
220 foomatic-filters-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar
220 libmad-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar
220 xfce4-toys-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
212 libtasn1-0.2.13-1.pkg.tar
200 bzip2-1.0.3-1.pkg.tar
200 fribidi-0.10.4-1.pkg.tar
200 normalize-0.7.6-1.pkg.tar
200 rdesktop-1.3.1-3.pkg.tar
192 libcdaudio-0.99.10-1.pkg.tar
192 libid3tag-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar
180 dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-2.pkg.tar
180 faac-1.24-1.pkg.tar
180 libieee1284-0.2.8-1.pkg.tar
180 libtar-1.2.11-2.pkg.tar
180 psmisc-21.6-1.pkg.tar
172 tcp_wrappers-7.6-6.pkg.tar
160 xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
160 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar
152 dirmngr-0.5.6-1.pkg.tar
152 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar
152 less-382-2.pkg.tar
152 rxvt-2.6.4-2.pkg.tar
152 xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.3.2-2.pkg.tar
140 libraw1394-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar
140 ratpoison-1.3.0-2.pkg.tar
132 namcap-1.5.2.1-2.pkg.tar
120 bin86-0.16.16-1.pkg.tar
120 dialog-1.0-3.pkg.tar
120 tpctl-4.15-1.pkg.tar
120 xfce4-notes-plugin-0.10.0-1.pkg.tar
112 desktop-file-utils-0.10-1.pkg.tar
112 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar
112 libgpg-error-1.0-1.pkg.tar
112 pkgconfig-0.16.0-1.pkg.tar
100 ladspa-1.12-2.pkg.tar
100 xfce4-netload-plugin-0.3.1-1.pkg.tar
92 libao-0.8.6-1.pkg.tar
92 liblrdf-0.3.7-1.pkg.tar
92 libusb-0.1.8-5.pkg.tar
92 lzop-1.01-3.pkg.tar
92 pmount-0.6-1.pkg.tar
92 xfce4-systemload-plugin-0.3.6-1.pkg.tar
80 libassuan-0.6.7-1.pkg.tar
80 libmusepack-1.0.3.1-2.pkg.tar
80 xfce4-battery-plugin-0.2.0-3.pkg.tar
80 xfce4-fsguard-plugin-0.2.0-2.pkg.tar
72 dbh-1.0.24-1.pkg.tar
72 libcap-1.10-1.pkg.tar
72 libogg-1.1.2-1.pkg.tar
72 xfce4-cpugraph-plugin-0.2.2-2.pkg.tar
72 xfce4-diskperf-plugin-1.5-2.pkg.tar
60 devfsd-1.3.25-4.pkg.tar
60 filesystem-0.7-5.pkg.tar
60 xfce4-sensors-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar
60 xfce4-showdesktop-plugin-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar
60 xmms-mad-0.7-1.pkg.tar
60 xmms-musepack-1.1.1-2.pkg.tar
52 dcron-2.9-2.pkg.tar
52 dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.pkg.tar
52 portmap-5beta-9.pkg.tar
52 xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.3.1-2.pkg.tar
52 xfce4-windowlist-plugin-0.1.0-2.pkg.tar
40 xfce4-minicmd-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar
40 xfce4-taskbar-plugin-0.2.2-1.pkg.tar
40 xfce4-xmms-plugin-0.1.1-2.pkg.tar
32 xfce4-clipman-plugin-0.4.1-2.pkg.tar
32 xfce4-systray-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar
32 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar
20 netselect-0.3-1.pkg.tar
20 rpm2targz-9.0-s1.pkg.tar
12 rpmunpack-0-1.pkg.tar
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gzip:
total 251219 (37% of the total size of the tarfiles)
60627 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
43298 tetex-3.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
29881 j2re-1.5.0_01-1.pkg.tar.gz
11920 perl-5.8.6-2.pkg.tar.gz
10170 python-2.4.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
4560 xmms-skins-0.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
3972 xine-lib-1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
3383 ttf-ms-fonts-1.3-6.pkg.tar.gz
3019 vim-6.3-4.pkg.tar.gz
2691 db-4.3.27-2.pkg.tar.gz
2474 ruby-1.8.2-3.pkg.tar.gz
2442 binutils-2.15-1.pkg.tar.gz
2374 perl-tk-804.027-1.pkg.tar.gz
2266 xfdesktop-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
2210 ted-2.17-1.pkg.tar.gz
1986 ding-1.3-3.pkg.tar.gz
1906 xffm-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
1902 xmms-1.2.10-3.pkg.tar.gz
1886 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.gz
1734 xfce4-artwork-0.0.4-1.pkg.tar.gz
1722 lesstif-0.94.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
1710 tcl-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
1574 ncurses-5.4-2.pkg.tar.gz
1566 xine-ui-0.99.3-2.pkg.tar.gz
1429 fortune-mod-9708-1.pkg.tar.gz
1409 xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
1409 libxml2-2.6.19-1.pkg.tar.gz
1373 tk-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
1373 hpijs-1.7.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
1333 libgphoto2-2.1.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
1309 doxygen-1.4.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
1249 heimdal-0.6.3-3.pkg.tar.gz
1117 pygtk-2.6.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
1117 pan-0.14.2.91-2.pkg.tar.gz
1065 vte-0.11.11-4.pkg.tar.gz
1001 xfce4-session-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
965 bmp-0.9.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
961 flashplugin-7.0.25.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
829 t1lib-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
817 nedit-5.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
753 foomatic-2.0.3-2.pkg.tar.gz
677 dbus-0.23.2-3.pkg.tar.gz
665 freetype2-2.1.9-2.pkg.tar.gz
657 flac-1.1.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
629 jasper-1.701.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
577 xfwm4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
577 lynx-2.8.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
553 fftw-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
545 libxfcegui4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
541 xfwm4-themes-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
521 libtool-1.5.14-1.pkg.tar.gz
505 lftp-3.1.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
501 libtiff-3.7.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
485 tunepimp-0.3.0-3.pkg.tar.gz
456 prelink-20041123-1.pkg.tar.gz
456 pango-1.8.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
452 libvorbis-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
444 reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-1.pkg.tar.gz
440 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
432 faad2-devel-2.0.cvs20040915-1.pkg.tar.gz
428 pilot-link-0.11.8-3.pkg.tar.gz
404 hwd-4.1.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
400 divx4linux-5.10-3.pkg.tar.gz
400 pacman-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
388 bash-3.0-6.pkg.tar.gz
388 xfce4-panel-4.2.1.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
388 libmng-1.0.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
380 lincity-1.12.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
376 libgcrypt-1.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
376 timidity++-2.13.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
364 libpng-1.2.8-1.pkg.tar.gz
340 xfce4-weather-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
336 tar-1.15.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
336 pam-0.79-1.pkg.tar.gz
336 libxslt-1.1.14-1.pkg.tar.gz
332 faad2-2.0-5.pkg.tar.gz
320 xfce-utils-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
308 xfprint-4.2.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
304 fontconfig-2.3.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
300 libsndfile-1.0.11-1.pkg.tar.gz
296 xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
280 xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
280 nano-1.2.4-3.pkg.tar.gz
276 ppp-2.4.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
272 file-4.13-1.pkg.tar.gz
268 libmikmod-3.1.11-1.pkg.tar.gz
252 lm_sensors-2.9.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
248 lua-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
248 readline-5.0-3.pkg.tar.gz
248 librsvg-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
244 feh-1.2.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
244 rar-3.4.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
240 tidyhtml-20040308-1.pkg.tar.gz
236 lcms-1.14-1.pkg.tar.gz
232 libcroco-0.6.0-2.pkg.tar.gz
228 perlxml-2.34-3.pkg.tar.gz
212 libgsf-1.11.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
212 libsamplerate-0.1.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
208 bison-2.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
200 libjpeg-6b-3.pkg.tar.gz
196 pornview-0.1.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
188 jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-2.pkg.tar.gz
188 libidn-0.5.15-1.pkg.tar.gz
180 taglib-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
176 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
176 procps-3.2.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
176 vorbis-tools-1.0.1-5.pkg.tar.gz
176 libksba-0.9.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
164 pcre-5.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
160 findutils-4.2.20-1.pkg.tar.gz
156 net-tools-1.60-9.pkg.tar.gz
156 libidl2-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
156 libpcap-0.8.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
148 libmal-0.40-1.pkg.tar.gz
144 nasm-0.98.39-1.pkg.tar.gz
144 xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
144 raptor-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
140 foomatic-db-engine-3.0.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
140 libidl-0.6.8-1.pkg.tar.gz
136 flex-2.5.31-2.pkg.tar.gz
132 libexif-0.6.9-1.pkg.tar.gz
132 libmad-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar.gz
128 libtheora-1.0alpha4-1.pkg.tar.gz
128 libungif-4.1.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
128 xfce4-mixer-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
124 libglade-2.5.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
120 pciutils-2.1.11-3.pkg.tar.gz
116 freetype1-1.3.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
112 pth-2.0.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
112 lilo-22.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
108 libxfce4util-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
108 libart-lgpl-2.3.17-1.pkg.tar.gz
104 pinentry-0.7.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
104 xfce4-appfinder-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
96 normalize-0.7.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
96 ripperx-2.6.4-1.pkg.tar.gz
92 libtasn1-0.2.13-1.pkg.tar.gz
92 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
88 fam-2.7.0-3.pkg.tar.gz
80 faac-1.24-1.pkg.tar.gz
80 libelf-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.gz
80 bzip2-1.0.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
80 less-382-2.pkg.tar.gz
76 dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-2.pkg.tar.gz
72 libid3tag-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar.gz
72 libcdaudio-0.99.10-1.pkg.tar.gz
68 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.gz
64 dirmngr-0.5.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
64 libieee1284-0.2.8-1.pkg.tar.gz
64 tcp_wrappers-7.6-6.pkg.tar.gz
64 docbook-xml-4.1.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
60 dialog-1.0-3.pkg.tar.gz
60 rxvt-2.6.4-2.pkg.tar.gz
60 rdesktop-1.3.1-3.pkg.tar.gz
60 xfcalendar-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
60 psutils-p17-3.pkg.tar.gz
56 foomatic-filters-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
56 ratpoison-1.3.0-2.pkg.tar.gz
56 bin86-0.16.16-1.pkg.tar.gz
52 xfce4-iconbox-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
52 fribidi-0.10.4-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
48 desktop-file-utils-0.10-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 pkgconfig-0.16.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 lzo-1.08-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 xfce4-toys-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 psmisc-21.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 libxfce4mcs-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
48 xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.3.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
44 tpctl-4.15-1.pkg.tar.gz
44 lzop-1.01-3.pkg.tar.gz
44 libtar-1.2.11-2.pkg.tar.gz
40 libraw1394-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
32 ladspa-1.12-2.pkg.tar.gz
32 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.gz
32 xfce4-netload-plugin-0.3.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
32 libgpg-error-1.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
32 xfce4-notes-plugin-0.10.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 libmusepack-1.0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
28 devfsd-1.3.25-4.pkg.tar.gz
28 liblrdf-0.3.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 xfce4-battery-plugin-0.2.0-3.pkg.tar.gz
28 pmount-0.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 xmms-musepack-1.1.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
28 libassuan-0.6.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 xfce4-diskperf-plugin-1.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
28 dbh-1.0.24-1.pkg.tar.gz
28 xfce4-systemload-plugin-0.3.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
24 libao-0.8.6-1.pkg.tar.gz
24 namcap-1.5.2.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
24 xmms-mad-0.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
24 libusb-0.1.8-5.pkg.tar.gz
24 xfce4-cpugraph-plugin-0.2.2-2.pkg.tar.gz
20 dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.pkg.tar.gz
20 libogg-1.1.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
20 libcap-1.10-1.pkg.tar.gz
20 xfce4-sensors-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
20 portmap-5beta-9.pkg.tar.gz
20 xfce4-fsguard-plugin-0.2.0-2.pkg.tar.gz
16 dcron-2.9-2.pkg.tar.gz
16 xfce4-showdesktop-plugin-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
16 xfce4-windowlist-plugin-0.1.0-2.pkg.tar.gz
16 xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
12 xfce4-taskbar-plugin-0.2.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
12 xfce4-minicmd-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
12 xfce4-clipman-plugin-0.4.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
12 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
8 netselect-0.3-1.pkg.tar.gz
8 xfce4-xmms-plugin-0.1.1-2.pkg.tar.gz
8 xfce4-systray-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz
4 rpm2targz-9.0-s1.pkg.tar.gz
4 filesystem-0.7-5.pkg.tar.gz
4 rpmunpack-0-1.pkg.tar.gz
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total 223803 (33% of total tar file size)
58285 xorg-11R6.8.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
37961 tetex-3.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
25245 j2re-1.5.0_01-1.pkg.tar.bz2
10815 perl-5.8.6-2.pkg.tar.bz2
8048 python-2.4.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
4621 xmms-skins-0.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
3988 xine-lib-1.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
3259 ttf-ms-fonts-1.3-6.pkg.tar.bz2
2571 vim-6.3-4.pkg.tar.bz2
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2230 db-4.3.27-2.pkg.tar.bz2
2142 ruby-1.8.2-3.pkg.tar.bz2
2106 perl-tk-804.027-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1970 ted-2.17-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1958 binutils-2.15-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1782 xffm-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1746 ding-1.3-3.pkg.tar.bz2
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1694 xpdf-3.00-7.pkg.tar.bz2
1546 lesstif-0.94.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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1369 ncurses-5.4-2.pkg.tar.bz2
1353 tcl-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1317 xmms-1.2.10-3.pkg.tar.bz2
1269 doxygen-1.4.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1249 libxml2-2.6.19-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1249 tk-8.4.9-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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1161 fortune-mod-9708-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1121 hpijs-1.7.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
1073 heimdal-0.6.3-3.pkg.tar.bz2
1001 libgphoto2-2.1.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
945 vte-0.11.11-4.pkg.tar.bz2
929 flashplugin-7.0.25.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
905 pygtk-2.6.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
897 xfce4-session-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
849 pan-0.14.2.91-2.pkg.tar.bz2
813 t1lib-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
769 bmp-0.9.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
761 nedit-5.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
597 dbus-0.23.2-3.pkg.tar.bz2
557 freetype2-2.1.9-2.pkg.tar.bz2
545 lynx-2.8.5-2.pkg.tar.bz2
529 xfwm4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
509 flac-1.1.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
452 lftp-3.1.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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420 libxfcegui4-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
416 foomatic-2.0.3-2.pkg.tar.bz2
404 prelink-20041123-1.pkg.tar.bz2
400 fftw-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
396 divx4linux-5.10-3.pkg.tar.bz2
396 pilot-link-0.11.8-3.pkg.tar.bz2
388 lincity-1.12.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
380 xfce4-panel-4.2.1.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
380 timidity++-2.13.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
368 pango-1.8.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
368 xfwm4-themes-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
364 libvorbis-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
360 pacman-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
356 jasper-1.701.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
352 hwd-4.1.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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316 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
316 libmng-1.0.9-1.pkg.tar.bz2
304 xfce4-weather-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
300 xfce-utils-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
296 xfprint-4.2.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
288 pam-0.79-1.pkg.tar.bz2
280 xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
276 libgcrypt-1.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
276 libxslt-1.1.14-1.pkg.tar.bz2
276 libpng-1.2.8-1.pkg.tar.bz2
272 faad2-2.0-5.pkg.tar.bz2
268 fontconfig-2.3.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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264 ppp-2.4.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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232 lm_sensors-2.9.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
224 file-4.13-1.pkg.tar.bz2
212 readline-5.0-3.pkg.tar.bz2
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204 lcms-1.14-1.pkg.tar.bz2
200 rar-3.4.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
196 nano-1.2.4-3.pkg.tar.bz2
192 pornview-0.1.5-2.pkg.tar.bz2
192 perlxml-2.34-3.pkg.tar.bz2
192 libcroco-0.6.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2
192 bison-2.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
176 tidyhtml-20040308-1.pkg.tar.bz2
172 procps-3.2.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
168 libjpeg-6b-3.pkg.tar.bz2
164 pcre-5.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
160 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
160 libidn-0.5.15-1.pkg.tar.bz2
160 libgsf-1.11.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
152 jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2
148 taglib-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
148 libksba-0.9.9-1.pkg.tar.bz2
144 xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
144 libsamplerate-0.1.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
144 findutils-4.2.20-1.pkg.tar.bz2
140 lua-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
140 nasm-0.98.39-1.pkg.tar.bz2
140 libidl2-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
136 vorbis-tools-1.0.1-5.pkg.tar.bz2
132 flex-2.5.31-2.pkg.tar.bz2
128 libpcap-0.8.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
128 net-tools-1.60-9.pkg.tar.bz2
124 foomatic-db-engine-3.0.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
124 raptor-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
124 libmal-0.40-1.pkg.tar.bz2
124 libidl-0.6.8-1.pkg.tar.bz2
116 lilo-22.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
112 xfce4-mixer-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
108 pciutils-2.1.11-3.pkg.tar.bz2
108 pth-2.0.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
108 freetype1-1.3.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
108 libtheora-1.0alpha4-1.pkg.tar.bz2
108 libungif-4.1.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
108 libexif-0.6.9-1.pkg.tar.bz2
108 libglade-2.5.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
104 xfce4-appfinder-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
100 normalize-0.7.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
100 libmad-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar.bz2
96 ripperx-2.6.4-1.pkg.tar.bz2
88 pinentry-0.7.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
88 libart-lgpl-2.3.17-1.pkg.tar.bz2
84 libtasn1-0.2.13-1.pkg.tar.bz2
84 libxfce4util-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
84 fam-2.7.0-3.pkg.tar.bz2
80 less-382-2.pkg.tar.bz2
76 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
72 libelf-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.bz2
68 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.bz2
68 faac-1.24-1.pkg.tar.bz2
68 dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-2.pkg.tar.bz2
64 bzip2-1.0.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
64 dirmngr-0.5.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
64 tcp_wrappers-7.6-6.pkg.tar.bz2
64 libcdaudio-0.99.10-1.pkg.tar.bz2
60 dialog-1.0-3.pkg.tar.bz2
60 libieee1284-0.2.8-1.pkg.tar.bz2
60 libid3tag-0.15.1b-1.pkg.tar.bz2
60 rxvt-2.6.4-2.pkg.tar.bz2
56 rdesktop-1.3.1-3.pkg.tar.bz2
56 ratpoison-1.3.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2
56 xfcalendar-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
56 bin86-0.16.16-1.pkg.tar.bz2
52 psutils-p17-3.pkg.tar.bz2
52 foomatic-filters-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
52 xfce4-iconbox-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
48 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
48 psmisc-21.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
48 docbook-xml-4.1.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
48 pkgconfig-0.16.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
48 xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.3.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
44 xfce4-toys-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
44 tpctl-4.15-1.pkg.tar.bz2
44 fribidi-0.10.4-1.pkg.tar.bz2
44 lzop-1.01-3.pkg.tar.bz2
44 lzo-1.08-1.pkg.tar.bz2
44 xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
44 libxfce4mcs-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
40 libtar-1.2.11-2.pkg.tar.bz2
40 libraw1394-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
36 desktop-file-utils-0.10-1.pkg.tar.bz2
32 ladspa-1.12-2.pkg.tar.bz2
28 xfce4-netload-plugin-0.3.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
28 libmusepack-1.0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
28 devfsd-1.3.25-4.pkg.tar.bz2
28 libgpg-error-1.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
28 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.bz2
28 pmount-0.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
28 xfce4-battery-plugin-0.2.0-3.pkg.tar.bz2
28 liblrdf-0.3.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
28 xfce4-notes-plugin-0.10.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 dbh-1.0.24-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 xfce4-diskperf-plugin-1.5-2.pkg.tar.bz2
24 xmms-musepack-1.1.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
24 xfce4-systemload-plugin-0.3.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 libao-0.8.6-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 libassuan-0.6.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 xmms-mad-0.7-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 libcap-1.10-1.pkg.tar.bz2
24 namcap-1.5.2.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
24 dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.pkg.tar.bz2
20 xfce4-cpugraph-plugin-0.2.2-2.pkg.tar.bz2
20 libogg-1.1.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
20 libusb-0.1.8-5.pkg.tar.bz2
20 xfce4-sensors-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
20 portmap-5beta-9.pkg.tar.bz2
20 xfce4-fsguard-plugin-0.2.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2
20 dcron-2.9-2.pkg.tar.bz2
16 xfce4-showdesktop-plugin-0.4.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
16 xfce4-windowlist-plugin-0.1.0-2.pkg.tar.bz2
16 xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
12 xfce4-taskbar-plugin-0.2.2-1.pkg.tar.bz2
12 xfce4-minicmd-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
12 xfce4-clipman-plugin-0.4.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
12 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
12 netselect-0.3-1.pkg.tar.bz2
8 xfce4-xmms-plugin-0.1.1-2.pkg.tar.bz2
8 xfce4-systray-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.bz2
4 rpm2targz-9.0-s1.pkg.tar.bz2
4 filesystem-0.7-5.pkg.tar.bz2
4 rpmunpack-0-1.pkg.tar.bz2
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32868 tetex-3.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
19107 j2re-1.5.0_01-1.pkg.tar.7z
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2995 ttf-ms-fonts-1.3-6.pkg.tar.7z
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360 flac-1.1.2-2.pkg.tar.7z
348 libtiff-3.7.2-1.pkg.tar.7z
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336 xfce4-panel-4.2.1.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
332 pango-1.8.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
328 pilot-link-0.11.8-3.pkg.tar.7z
324 tunepimp-0.3.0-3.pkg.tar.7z
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312 divx4linux-5.10-3.pkg.tar.7z
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292 xfwm4-themes-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
288 bash-3.0-6.pkg.tar.7z
260 fftw-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
260 xfce-utils-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
256 pam-0.79-1.pkg.tar.7z
252 xfprint-4.2.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
244 libvorbis-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
244 xfce4-weather-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
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236 libxslt-1.1.14-1.pkg.tar.7z
232 lame-3.96.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
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204 libtool-1.5.14-1.pkg.tar.7z
204 file-4.13-1.pkg.tar.7z
200 libgcrypt-1.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
196 faad2-2.0-5.pkg.tar.7z
196 reiserfsprogs-3.6.19-1.pkg.tar.7z
196 fontconfig-2.3.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
196 libmikmod-3.1.11-1.pkg.tar.7z
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184 jasper-1.701.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
184 lm_sensors-2.9.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
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172 librsvg-2.9.5-1.pkg.tar.7z
172 lcms-1.14-1.pkg.tar.7z
164 libcroco-0.6.0-2.pkg.tar.7z
160 bison-2.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
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156 pornview-0.1.5-2.pkg.tar.7z
156 rar-3.4.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
148 procps-3.2.5-1.pkg.tar.7z
148 libjpeg-6b-3.pkg.tar.7z
148 libgsf-1.11.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
144 perlxml-2.34-3.pkg.tar.7z
144 pcre-5.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
140 hal-0.4.7-1.pkg.tar.7z
136 jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-2.pkg.tar.7z
136 xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
132 tidyhtml-20040308-1.pkg.tar.7z
132 taglib-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
124 libksba-0.9.9-1.pkg.tar.7z
116 findutils-4.2.20-1.pkg.tar.7z
116 foomatic-db-engine-3.0.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
112 vorbis-tools-1.0.1-5.pkg.tar.7z
112 nasm-0.98.39-1.pkg.tar.7z
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108 libidl2-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.7z
108 libmal-0.40-1.pkg.tar.7z
108 libidn-0.5.15-1.pkg.tar.7z
104 lua-5.0.2-1.pkg.tar.7z
100 net-tools-1.60-9.pkg.tar.7z
100 lilo-22.7-1.pkg.tar.7z
100 libsamplerate-0.1.2-1.pkg.tar.7z
96 raptor-1.3.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
96 freetype1-1.3.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
96 libidl-0.6.8-1.pkg.tar.7z
96 pth-2.0.3-1.pkg.tar.7z
92 xfce4-appfinder-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
92 pciutils-2.1.11-3.pkg.tar.7z
92 libungif-4.1.3-1.pkg.tar.7z
92 xfce4-mixer-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
92 libglade-2.5.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
92 libtheora-1.0alpha4-1.pkg.tar.7z
88 libpcap-0.8.3-1.pkg.tar.7z
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80 normalize-0.7.6-1.pkg.tar.7z
80 libart-lgpl-2.3.17-1.pkg.tar.7z
76 ripperx-2.6.4-1.pkg.tar.7z
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72 libtasn1-0.2.13-1.pkg.tar.7z
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68 fam-2.7.0-3.pkg.tar.7z
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60 zlib-1.2.2-1.pkg.tar.7z
60 libelf-0.8.5-1.pkg.tar.7z
60 faac-1.24-1.pkg.tar.7z
60 zip-2.3-3.pkg.tar.7z
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56 dialog-1.0-3.pkg.tar.7z
56 libcdaudio-0.99.10-1.pkg.tar.7z
52 libieee1284-0.2.8-1.pkg.tar.7z
52 tcp_wrappers-7.6-6.pkg.tar.7z
52 rxvt-2.6.4-2.pkg.tar.7z
52 rdesktop-1.3.1-3.pkg.tar.7z
52 ratpoison-1.3.0-2.pkg.tar.7z
48 docbook-xml-4.1.2-2.pkg.tar.7z
48 foomatic-filters-3.0.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
48 bin86-0.16.16-1.pkg.tar.7z
48 bzip2-1.0.3-1.pkg.tar.7z
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48 xfcalendar-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
44 pkgconfig-0.16.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
44 xfce4-iconbox-4.2.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
44 psutils-p17-3.pkg.tar.7z
40 xfce4-xkb-plugin-0.3.2-2.pkg.tar.7z
40 fakeroot-1.2.2-2.pkg.tar.7z
40 psmisc-21.6-1.pkg.tar.7z
40 xfce4-toys-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
40 lzop-1.01-3.pkg.tar.7z
40 tpctl-4.15-1.pkg.tar.7z
36 libxfce4mcs-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
36 fribidi-0.10.4-1.pkg.tar.7z
36 lzo-1.08-1.pkg.tar.7z
32 libraw1394-1.1.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
32 libtar-1.2.11-2.pkg.tar.7z
32 desktop-file-utils-0.10-1.pkg.tar.7z
28 ladspa-1.12-2.pkg.tar.7z
28 hotplug-2004_09_23-4.pkg.tar.7z
28 xfce4-wavelan-plugin-0.4.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
28 devfsd-1.3.25-4.pkg.tar.7z
24 xfce4-netload-plugin-0.3.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 libmusepack-1.0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
24 liblrdf-0.3.7-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 libgpg-error-1.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 pmount-0.6-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 xfce4-notes-plugin-0.10.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 libassuan-0.6.7-1.pkg.tar.7z
24 dbh-1.0.24-1.pkg.tar.7z
20 xfce4-battery-plugin-0.2.0-3.pkg.tar.7z
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20 xmms-musepack-1.1.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
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20 namcap-1.5.2.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
20 libao-0.8.6-1.pkg.tar.7z
20 xfce4-diskperf-plugin-1.5-2.pkg.tar.7z
20 dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.pkg.tar.7z
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20 libusb-0.1.8-5.pkg.tar.7z
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16 dcron-2.9-2.pkg.tar.7z
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12 xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.3.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
12 xfce4-taskbar-plugin-0.2.2-1.pkg.tar.7z
12 xfce4-minicmd-plugin-0.3.0-1.pkg.tar.7z
8 xfce4-clipman-plugin-0.4.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
8 xmms-cdparanoia-0.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
8 netselect-0.3-1.pkg.tar.7z
8 xfce4-xmms-plugin-0.1.1-2.pkg.tar.7z
8 xfce4-systray-4.2.1-1.pkg.tar.7z
4 rpm2targz-9.0-s1.pkg.tar.7z
4 filesystem-0.7-5.pkg.tar.7z
4 rpmunpack-0-1.pkg.tar.7z

Firefox fonts : Mozilla binary VS Arch package

Hi,
You can see the difference hereunder. Does anyone know the reason ? TBH, I prefer the Moz binary fonts display but of course, I would prefer to use the Arch package.
Thanks in advance.
Mozilla
http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=binhn0.png
Arch
http://img97.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pkgjc7.png

stonecrest wrote:For what it's worth, I think the Arch screenshot looks much nicer.
It's definitely hinted better, and has cleaner, more evenly spaced fonts. I think the moz binary screenshot looks more fuzzy and sloppy.

Arch packages question

Debian has 10,000 (just a guess) packages or so. Now many of those would never do me any good, but that is a lot of software. Do I really lose anything with Arch/pacman?
Thanks.

Its surprisingly easy to build an arch package. If you can compile from scratch you can make a package. It takes about five minutes longer to build a package than to compile it from scratch the first time, but each time after that that you want to rebuild the package or update to a new version, it takes about constant time, so in the long run you save time. Plus if you put it in AUR you're saving other people time too! Its a great way to pay back the devs and community.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The … guidelines
Dusty

Download Arch Packages without Pacman

I have dial up Internet so downloading Arch packages through Pacman is not realistic. I would like to download the .pkg.tar.gz files from another computer (that has cable) and then install them locally with Pacman on this computer. I know how to accomplish all of this except the initial download of the packages on the other computer. I will not be able to use Arch on the other computer so is there any way for me to download packages from within Windows? I can find the packages I need by searching for them from here: http://www.archlinux.org/packages ,but the only links that are given from each package are to other websites that do not contain Arch binaries. Is there any way to download Arch packages outside of Arch and without Pacman?
Thank you very much
Last edited by Kienja Kenobi (2007-08-25 21:31:48)

Kienja Kenobi wrote:I have dial up Internet so downloading Arch packages through Pacman is not realistic. I would like to download the .pkg.tar.gz files from another computer (that has cable) and then install them locally with Pacman on this computer. I know how to accomplish all of this except the initial download of the packages on the other computer. I will not be able to use Arch on the other computer so is there any way for me to download packages from within Windows? I can find the packages I need by searching for them from here: http://www.archlinux.org/packages ,but the only links that are given from each package are to other websites that do not contain Arch binaries. Is there any way to download Arch packages outside of Arch and without Pacman?
pacman get them from the mirrors, so you can do the same.
But you'll have to do the dependencies resolving yourself instead of letting pacman doing it. So good luck with that.
Edit : hell, I'm tired, what I said previously was crazy..
Just do this on your arch box :
pacman -Sp <package>
Then transfer that output to the box with internet, download all the packages, and transfer them back.

Aur packages should be maintained by multiple user

just like wiki............
the reason you can think out.

As Allan said, you don't want this. There are plenty of messy AUR packages already - you don't want to make that worse .
Useless topic > lock.

How to make a ARCH package from local folder?

hello ARCH lovers
I can't seem to figure out how to make a installable
package from a folder on my desktop?
Coming from Slackware; the procedure would be simple enough just issuing
"makepkg /root/pkgname.txz"
Now; how would I do the same in ARCH?
I know about PKGBUILD, etc but there is no source or any url's
I just need to make it into a .pkg.tar.xz
The package is my "kernel-live-kit" for both x86 and x86_64 versions of arch
enabling one to remaster there existing install into a livecd/usb, etc
The kernel itself is kernel26-zen from AUR
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30330
however; mine is quite different and also includes all components to make the livecd using modified linux-live-6.3.0
scripts and special stuff
The pkg includes a premade kernel with modules and full kernel source
The resulting live media is similar to my nFluxOS builds
http://multidistro.com/
As I will be releasing the new four horsemen of nFluxOS today; I also made 4 Kernel pkg's for the arch and slack versions
Those will be for x86/x86_64 versions for both arch and slackware
I did this in lieu of creating a quartet of x86_64 versions of nFluxOS; as that would up the number of versions to 8
and I would then have to maintain 8 distro's instead of 4.
I made a testing version of ARCH x86_64 live
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ost4017796
so, I really need to make the ARCH x86 and x86_64 kernel kits into installable pkg's because there are many symlinks that would get corrupted if I just tarred it and then the end user untars it and copies it somewhere it would mess up the symlinks.
as I said, in slackware I do makepkg and it creates a script named "doinst.sh" that makes all the symlinks, etc
so, any help appreciated!
thanks

You can read a simple introduction to using the ABS here.
By the way, it's not hard. Out of all the distributions I've used, Arch Linux is the only one I've figured out how to make packages for.

Making Arch packages out off Gentoo Binary packages

emerge in portage can build binary packages of what it compiles.
emerge -b konqueror konq-plugins nsplugins
and we get splik KDE pkg of konqueror with all it dependencies
arch pkg vs gentoo pkg
gentoo pkg doesn't have 2 files: .FILELIST and .PKGINFO + it makes tar.bz2 not tar.gz packages
how to convert a gentoo package
- unpack
- add .FILELIST (list all files >> .FILELIST)
- create .PKGINFO data from package Ebuild can be used
- tar.gz it and done
Someone good in bash/sh scripts could write something so it would convert those packages more automaticly. To make gentoo packages you need gentoo but you don't have to install it like a normal distro:
1. get i686 stage from here 85MB
- untar it to /home/user/gentoo
tar -xvjpf file.tar.bz2
- cp /etc/resolv.conf to gentoo/etc/
- modify /etc/make.conf (in gentoo) add:
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
- add USE flags
and you can set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS... jackass (unofficial stages) uses someting like:
CFLAGS="-march=i686"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pipe"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fweb"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -frename-registers"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fforce-addr"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -momit-leaf-frame-pointer"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
as root in console chroot to gentoo:
- go to folder with gentoo
chroot ./ bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
then if net works:
emerge sync
after updating portage tree you can emerge packages

Separate KDE packages are bit hard to make via pkgbuild because you have to:
- make spited source packages
- set dependencies for them
And it isn't easy Gentoo has splitted KDE sources, but ebuilds aren't to friendly for pkgbuilds But running gentoo binaries on arch will help find all required dependencies for those splitted source packages and based on that – make pkgbuilds
Currently I'm using Gentoo with splitted KDE packages and they do work faster – less dependencies etc. + they are easy to update (1MB K*something instead whole kdebase*or*something). My vacations starts next week and I'll try to make some gentoo -> arch work in the next months ;]
(and I switched to Gentoo to get all the soft I wanted "on-demand" – I have only modem at home and now I have some exams so I can't play with arch to get them.)

No network connection as user in guest Arch

I couldn't stay without Arch, so I installed Arch as a guest in Virtual box on a Windows XP host (work machine). Everything went well with the installation.
However once the installation was complete, I couldn't connect to the network. I knew this would be a problem because I am behind a proxy at work. I added the appropriate http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables and I could now connect and update my system.
My only problem is that this works only for root. As user, I cannot use pacman to install anything.
[inxs@archbox ~]$ sudo pacman -S i3-wm
resolving dependencies....
and it just sits there until it gets a Connection timed out error.
However, if I su to root then
[inxs@archbox ~]$su
Password:
[root@archbox inxs]$ pacman -S i3-wm
works and I can install anything from the repos.
Even a simple wget command gives me this :
wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biosdisk-git/biosdisk-git/PKGBUILD
--2011-02-22 15:55:58-- http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biosdisk-git/biosdisk-git/PKGBUILD
Resolving aur.archlinux.org... 208.92.232.29
Connecting to aur.archlinux.org|208.92.232.29:80...failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.
What should I do to make my user also be able to download and install packages?

it now allows me to use pacman to get the packages from the official repos. But I still cannot use any aur helper to get packages from the Official Repositories. This is what I mean :
[inxs@archbox ~]$ aurin wmfs-git
resolving dependencies...
edit PKGBUILD before sourcing for deps? [Y/n] n
warning: the following packages will be installed by pacman: git
searching AUR...
Targets (1) wmfs-git-20101119-1
Proceed with installation? {Y/n] y
:: Retrieving source tarball from AUR...
--2011-02-23 15:20:55-- http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wmfs-git/wmfs-git.tar.gz
Resolving proxyServerName...XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Connecting to proxyServerName|XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX| : portNum... connected
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 846 [application/x-tgz]
Saving to: "/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz"
100%[==========================================>] 846 --.-K/s in 0s
2011-02-23 15:20:56 (15.0 MB/s) - "/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz" saved [846/846]
:: Extracting source tarball...
:: Building package...
edit PKGBUILD before building package [Y/n]n
==> Making package: wmfs-git 20101119-1 (Wed Feb 23 15:20:57 EST 2011)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (2): perl-error-0.17016-2 git-1.7.4.1-1
Total Download Size: 2.00 MB
Total Install Size: 11.55 MB
Proceed with installation [Y/n]y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'perl-error-0.17016-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror rit.edu : Connection timed out
and it does this for all the mirrors listed in my mirrorlist.
Now I can install the dependencies manually using the pacman command directly and then re-trying to install wmfs-git and it will work, but how come it works when I issue a direct pacman command but does not through aurget?
Any pointers?
EDIT: Spoke too soon. installing wmfs-git just doesn't work. I am assuming this is because git tries to make a connection again to the git repo and it doesn't read the http_proxy variables
Is there any way I can install things. How do I make git or svn to see my environment variables?? Would they use libproxy??
I am going to try that out and see.

Script to checkout a single arch package

Here are a couple of scripts that will help check out a single package. You need to know where the path is in the repository (e.g. arch/build/kernels/kernel26), but that's it.
The 'cvsanon' script is useful to anonymously log into to other CVS repositories, so I keept it separate (and it requires 'expect').
cat > /usr/bin/cvsanon EOF
#!/usr/bin/expect -d -f
spawn cvs login
expect "Logging in to "
sleep 1
send "anonymousn"
expect {
Overwrite {
sleep 1
send "yn"
expect eof
eof {}
EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/cvsanon
(Convert first 'EOF' to '<<EOF' -- as phpBB gets knocked around by it within code blocks. Very strange...)
cat > /usr/bin/cvsco EOF
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo "Check out a single Arch Linux package from CVS."
echo "Usage: $0 <package>"
echo " If <package> is 'arch/build/kernels/kernel26'"
echo " $0 will check out into './kernel26'"
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -x /usr/bin/cvs ]; then
pacman -S --noconfirm cvs
fi
CVS=/usr/bin/cvs
if [ -x /usr/bin/cvsanon ]; then
if [ ! -x /usr/bin/expect ]; then
pacman -S --noconfirm expect
fi
fi
CVSANON=/usr/bin/cvsanon
EXPECT=/usr/bin/expect
TOUCH=/bin/touch
# find 'kernel26' in 'arch/build/kernels/kernel26'
PKG=$1
declare -a ARY
declare -i NUM
ARY=( `echo $1 | sed 's/// /g'` )
NUM=${#ARY[*]}-1
DIR=${ARY[$NUM]}
$TOUCH ~/.cvspass
export CVSROOT=:pserver:[email protected]:/home/cvs-arch
if [ -x /usr/bin/cvsanon ]; then
$EXPECT $CVSANON
else
echo "Enter: anonymous"
$CVS login
fi
$CVS -z3 co -d $DIR $PKG
$CVS logout # (optional)
EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/cvsco
Enjoy

Penguin wrote:nice soloport I can move this to user-contribuitons if you like.
Please do. Thanks.

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