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

[Matthew Monaco]

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)