On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:30:04 +0200, Uwe Koloska wrote: > Am 26.03.23 um 09:25 schrieb David Runge: > > On 2023-03-26 07:55:06 (+0100), Spencer Collyer wrote: > >> I'm installing a new system, and using the instructions at > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks sections > >> 2.5 and 2.6 to get the list of packages to install from my current > >> system. > >> > >> When I run the `pacman -S --needed - < pkglist.txt` part, I get a > >> few cases where pacman says "There are N providers available for > >> X`. > > > > There are multiple situations where one thing is provided by several > > packages. This is also referred to as a "virtual provides", as the > > thing that the packages provide usually do not exist as a package > > themselves. > > But why are these meta packages part of the generated list? I would > expect only real packages there. > > Or have you Spencer Collyer used some combined command to get the > list of installed packages? > > Regards, > Uwe Hi Uwe, As quoted above, I used the commands given in the Pacman Tips&Tricks page on the Wiki. Specifically I used `pacman -Qqe > pkglist.txt` on my old machine to generate the list of installed packages and then used `pacman -Qqe > pkglist.txt` to install on my new machine. Regards, Spencer
