Re: [arch-general] How to convert a 32-bit system to 64-bit?

On 09/05/2010 01:03 AM, Lauri Niskanen wrote:

I have a working 32-bit Arch Linux server. It's more like a testing playground than a production server. I decided to convert it to a 64-bit system.

I could reinstall Arch, but is there any easier way to do the "upgrade"? I'd like to retain my list of applications, configuration and user files.

It's pretty easy to generate a text file with your applications. Just use pacman -Qqe > explicit.txt pacman -Qqm > local.txt pacman -S $(< explicit.txt) yaourt -S $(< local.txt)