pacman-offline
Run offline system update with pacman.
The offline system update with pacman is achieved by integrating into
offline updates in systemd ↗️.
In fact only two scripts and a number of systemd unit files are used to
glue systemd and pacman.
Use at your own risk, pay attention to license and warranty, and disclaimer on external links!
Requirements
There are the runtime dependencies:
And there's an optional dependency to support elevating privileges:
Optional basic support for plymouth ↗️ is integrated.
Usage
A single command pacman-offline is used to prepare the offline update.
It accepts some arguments:
- -a: abort pending system-update
- -c: clean before download
- -f: force if other system-update is pending
- -h: show help
- -p: reboot, install and poweroff immediately
- -r: reboot and install immediately
- -t: start timer for nightly reboot
- -y: update sync databases
Elevating privileges
The privileges are elevated automatically if polkit is installed. This works
with no authentication if your user is member of the group wheel. To add your
user to that group run:
usermod --append --groups wheel user
If your user is not member of that group you will be asked for a password.
Timer for preparation
You can enable a timer to prepare the offline update automatically.
systemctl enable pacman-offline-prepare.timer
This will trigger several minutes after boot, then ever day. The databases are synced, then packages are downloaded. The updates are installed when ever the system reboots.
Timer for nightly reboot
You can enable a timer for nightly reboot:
systemctl enable pacman-offline-reboot.timer
This will trigger at night, if updates are pending and prepared.
Desktop environment
A desktop file is installed to allow preparing from a desktop environment. Have a look at your application menu...
Configuration
Two snippets for inclusion in /etc/pacman.conf are shipped. To make use of
them add these line:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/offline.conf
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/offline-include.conf
The first one will cause pacman to ignore linux packages and prevent
breaking module loading and hibernation. These packages are not ignored
on offline update.
The second one has the opposite effect, it is included on offline action only.
Modify /etc/pacman.d/offline.conf and /etc/pacman.d/offline-include.conf
to your needs by changing or adding packages, or adding new directives.
License and warranty
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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