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Old 04-30-2023, 09:49 AM   #1
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To get tar filename of package from the package name

How to get the name of tar package file (in cache dir.) from a package name ?
 
Old 04-30-2023, 10:02 AM   #2
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I don't understand. What kind of package is it?
 
Old 04-30-2023, 11:20 AM   #3
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He's talking about pacmans cache.

/var/cache/pacman/pkg/yt-dlp-2023.02.17-1-any.pkg.tar.zst

Read the wiki.
Code:
pacman -Ss yt-dlp

pacman -Qi yt-dlp

pacman -Qpl /var/cache/pacman/pkg/yt-dlp-2023.02.17-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta
 
  


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