On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Ionut Biru <ibiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/22/2012 11:35 PM, Nicholas MIller wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:30 PM, v01d3r@xxxxxxxxx <v01d3r@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> Why don't you want to use `pacman -Ss` for a list of available packages? > >> > >> Since I've yet to try the "new" method of installing, I suppose i could, > > however i was under the impression pacman -Ss required an arguement for > > what you are searching for. > > > > I usually remove acouple things from base such as Nano and > wpa_supplicant ( > > desktop is hardwired) which with aif was quite simple since it showed you > > everything. > > > > > > You can actually run pacman -S base -r /path/to/your/root > then hit n when is asking if you want to install all the packages from > the group and select exactly what you want. > > is simple. > > > When I finally get around to switching my last system to arch I'll be sure to give it a try. Thanks for the input > > > >> 2012/7/22 Nicholas MIller <nick.kyky@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > >>> where you could browse the > >>> avalible packages > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sincerely, > >> Andrew Trabo > >> > > > -- > Ionuț > >