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= Tips/Tricks =
= Tips/Tricks =
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== Downloading old Packages ==
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=== Archlinux ===
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Find the package you'd like to downgrade to here <code>https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/</code>.
Ex:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
firefox https://archive.archlinux.org/packages  ## find url to package
pacman -U \
    https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux/linux-4.15.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz \
    https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux-headers-4.15.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
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{{ WARNING |
Occasionally, you might need to install something to satisfy a current AUR package.
But installing the core package will break the existing AUR package dependencies.
You have 2x options:
<source lang="bash">
pacaur -S zfs-linux spl-linux -U https://...  https://..
</source>
}}
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=== Archlinux-Arm ===
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<source lang="bash">
# find cpu arch
uname -a
# download package for your arch
http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/packages/f/firefox/firefox-79.0.1-aarch64.tar.xz
# install
pacman -U firefox-79.0.1-aarch64.tar.xz
</source>
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Revision as of 18:38, 25 December 2021

Archlinux's package manager.
You may also be insterested in arch ABS.

Documentation

archwiki pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
archwiki PKGBUILD https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD
archwiki mirrors https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
latest mirrorlist https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?ip_version=4

Locations

/etc/pacman.conf configure which repos to pull from (core, extra, communnity, multilib)
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist configure which sources to pull from (waterloo, queensu etc)
/var/cache/pacman/pkg currently installed programs. Can use these archives to rollback to older versions of program.
/var/log/pacman.log history of pacman operations
/var/lib/pacman/db.lck pacman lockfile

Notes

pacman usage
pacman configuration
pacman packages
pacman troubleshooting

Tips/Tricks

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