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| ===== Usage ===== | ===== Usage ===== |
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| I'll leave out the basics like ''-Syu'', ''-S'', ''-Ss'' and ''-Rsn''((But hey, in case you didn't know what the ''s'' and ''n'' are doing there: ''s'' include deps. not needed by anything else, ''n'' also ditch config. files (but not the ones in your home directory))); here're some ones I don't use as much / forget, but are real useful. | I'll leave out the basics like ''-Syu'', ''-S'', ''-Ss'' and ''-Rsn''((But hey, in case you didn't know what the ''s'' and ''n'' are doing there: ''s'' include deps. not needed by anything else, ''n'' also ditches config. files (but not the ones in your home directory))); here're some ones I don't use as much / forget, but are real useful. |
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| ''-S [group name]-{[name1],name2],[etc]}'' | ''-S [group name]-{[name1],name2],[etc]}'' |
| === .pacnew === | === .pacnew === |
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| There are tools to manage ''.pacnew'' files that are created when core config files are updated FIXME | There are tools to manage ''.pacnew'' files that are created when core config files are updated. |
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| | * [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave#Managing_.pac*_files|Managing .pac* files]] |
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| I just use [[vim#vimdiff]] to check difference between the current and new files. You could also just use ''vim -d [file] [file]''. ''Ctrl+w [left or right arrow]'' to switch window, btw. | I just use [[vim#vimdiff]] to check difference between the current and new files. You could also just use ''vim -d [file] [file]''. ''Ctrl+w [left or right arrow]'' to switch window, btw. |
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| ===== Fixes ===== | ===== Fixes ===== |
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| | ==== Keys ==== |
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| | If you get errors about keys (and things like files being corrupt), try updating ''archlinux-keyring'' before doing a full update. EG: (''sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring && sudo pacman -Su''. You might want to chuck that in an alias. |
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| | nbjp [[https://monthly-reports.archlinux.page/2022/07/|Apparently Arch now updates the keyring weekly]]. |
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| | I was getting this error: ''warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?'' which was mucking up the upgrade process. These steps fixed it: |
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| | - ''sudo rm -r /etc/pacman.d/gnupg'' |
| | - ''sudo pacman-key --init'' |
| | - ''sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux'' |
| | - ''sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring'' |
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| ==== AUR ==== | ==== AUR ==== |
