On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:22:58 +0200
Frank Siegert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hello Frank,

[snip] 
> If I understand your message correctly, you want to grab the files
> somewhere  else, because your computer's internet connection is slow?

Yes you're exactly right. I 'solved' the problem last night, i use the wrong 
argument to pacman. Using the -A switch did the trick, not the -S as this one 
will scour the remote repos. I manage to install the 3 apps but evolution wont 
start, there are lots of error message spewed out in the console. Gnumeric 
crashes when i perform a numeric calculation so i didnt bother to test it 
further. Abiword seems okey though i didnt tested it thoroughly yet. Of course 
the errors i get from the 2 gnome apps above is a different subject.

Thanks for the tips provided. I'll certainly remember to use it as outlined by 
you. 

-- 
Regards,
erimendz

> 
> I had the same situation and what I did was the following:
> 
> Updating the package lists with "pacman -Sy" should be ok even for a slow 
> connection.
> 
> Then do:
> # "pacman -Sup > download_list.txt"
> which will print you all URLs of packages which have to be downloaded to
> the  file "download_list.txt". Take this file to the computer with the
> fast  connection and then do
> # "wget -N -i download_list.txt"
> This will download all packages and then you can take them home.
> 
> At home, put them in /var/cache/pacman/pkg and do a "pacman -Su" and
> Pacman  won't need to download any files anymore. (Unless you did a
> "pacman -Sy"  meanwhile)
> 
> Frank



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