[solved] pacman error, file unavailable

I'm trying to install a package called "mkvtoolnix":
pacman -S mkvtoolnix
as root, but pacman outputs the following error:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (6): icu-4.8.1-1 boost-libs-1.47.0-2 libebml-1.2.2-1
libmatroska-1.3.0-1 lzo2-2.06-1 mkvtoolnix-5.0.0-1
Total Download Size: 1.88 MB
Total Installed Size: 46.67 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'mkvtoolnix-5.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinux.ro : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'mkvtoolnix-5.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.roedu.net : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'mkvtoolnix-5.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.adnettelecom.ro : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
If I search the package database for "mkvtoolnix":
pacman -Ss mkvtoolnix
I see that this package should be in extra repository:
extra/mkvtoolnix 5.0.0-1
Set of tools to create, edit and inspect Matroska files - CLI version
At this point, I don't know what else to try, other than using mkvtoolnix on a virtual machine with windows xp or debian...
Last edited by Chrys349 (2011-10-13 23:42:19)

Run 'pacman -Syu' and try again. Theres a new version available: 5.0.1-1- updated four days ago http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=mkvtoolnix
Always make sure your system is up to date before installing new packages.
Last edited by karol (2011-10-13 21:48:05)

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#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/pacman.conf
[community]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
#[multilib-testing]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /etc/pacman.conf
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

[Solved] pacman errors out after a hardlock

Hi, I experienced a hardlock today due to a bad memory stick during a pacman update. Now pacman tells me this (with --debug):
looking for inter-conflicts...
debug: looking for conflicts
debug: check targets vs targets
debug: check targets vs targets
debug: check targets vs db and db vs targets
debug: check targets vs db
debug: check db vs targets
debug: checking dependencies
debug: checkdeps: package openoffice-base-3.1.0-1
debug: returning error 33 from compute_download_size : package filename is not valid
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)
I deinstalled openoffice-base but I still get the same error.
Oh I think I found the culprit, in /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/openoffice-base-3.1.0-1/ all files are empty.
I'm removing this directory now...
execute pacman -Syu again
still doesn't work
someone on IRC suggests pacman -Syy, this forces a synchronization of the database
I did that and now I do pacman -S openoffice-base.
This works, it's downloading openoffice-base from one of the mirrors now.
I thought I'd share this.

Thanks for sharing, I'm sure it'll help out someone in the future.

[Solved] Pacman error after incomplete upgrade

Hi
I was updating my archlinux when my X11 crashed (I was restarting it after tweaking my gnome 3) .
Trying to update after that indicated that my system was already uptodate. Installing anything indicated that pacman was running else to delete a file /var/lib/pacman/db.lck , which I did.
Now I can install but get these errors (for an example of re-installing pacman):
pacman -S pacman
warning: pacman-3.5.4-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/xulrunner-6.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/xulrunner-6.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
Targets (1): pacman-3.5.4-3
Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 2.87 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading pacman [######################] 100%
ldconfig: file /usr/lib/xulrunner-6.0/libxul.so is truncated
Can any one help me? I am clueless. I know I made a mistake ... will be careful next time. Also I am sure that my system is not upto date, though pacman indicates it is.
Last edited by jlight2011 (2011-08-17 12:00:19)

No luck mate!
I get the following
pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 35.6K 1413.9K/s 00:00:00 [#######################################################] 100%
warning: resuming download of extra.db not possible; starting over
error: extra.db appears to be truncated: 485471/485689 bytes 176.0K 289.1K/s 00:00:01 [####################-----------------------------------] 37%
error: failed to update extra (failed to retrieve some files)
multilib 26.5K 204.0M/s 00:00:00 [#######################################################] 100%
I tried copying the extra.db file directly from my repo to the folder. But get the same error!

[SOLVED] Pacman errors/weirdness

Hi, I recently installed Arch Linux on my PC. I have had experience with the Arch Linux distribution before so I roughly knew what I was doing. When I sucessfully installed Arch Linux I logged on and setup my wireless connection. After that I updated my system with:
pacman -Syu
It told me that there was an update for Pacman, but I wanted to update my system first of all so I skipped it. It installed during the package update process anyway. When it installed the new pacman version it created a new "mirrorlist" file as "mirrorlist.pacorig", so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one. But it seems to be having some bother, it is going really slow (probably nothing to do with the "mirrorlist" file) and it is detecting that I have a newer version of some packages than in the repositories. Why is this?
I apoligise if this is just a small error on my end but it was really fast before this update and functioning really well.
EDIT: I will reinstall my system just incase I have done something wrong somewhere.
Last edited by john.meikle37 (2009-01-03 22:02:16)

john.meikle37 wrote:
Hi, I recently installed Arch Linux on my PC. I have had experience with the Arch Linux distribution before so I roughly knew what I was doing. When I sucessfully installed Arch Linux I logged on and setup my wireless connection. After that I updated my system with:
pacman -Syu
It told me that there was an update for Pacman, but I wanted to update my system first of all so I skipped it. It installed during the package update process anyway. When it installed the new pacman version it created a new "mirrorlist" file as "mirrorlist.pacorig", so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one. But it seems to be having some bother, it is going really slow (probably nothing to do with the "mirrorlist" file) and it is detecting that I have a newer version of some packages than in the repositories. Why is this?
I apoligise if this is just a small error on my end but it was really fast before this update and functioning really well.
EDIT: I will reinstall my system just incase I have done something wrong somewhere.
There's nothing wrong. You need to comment out, or move ftp.archlinux.org to the bottom of the list. It's heavily throttled so people don't use it as their primary server. Unfortunately, there really isn't a good way to have a default server list. So, find mirrors close to where you live, move them up to the top of the list, move archlinux way down or off of the list, and everything will be fine.

[Solved] Pacman errors: "call to execv failed", system not booting

Recent upgrade (yesterday) - problems went like this:
1) pacman -Syu attempted "filesystem" upgrade and threw errors about some directories in /usr/local being 775 not 755.
2) that was because I had a non-standard package in there. I changed just those relevant directories to 755.
3) reattempted pacman -Syu but got a bunch of errors: "call to execv failed"
4) system was immediately borked. Reboot now throws me into a shell.
This is a 32 bit system.
Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by lagagnon (2013-01-30 19:10:24)

Solved my problem with the following method:
1) used Arch LiveCD. Mounted boot and / partitions
2) pacman -r /path/to/root -Syyu glibc filesystem
3) reboot gave "Unable to find root device error"
4) ran LiveCD again following these instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … onger_boot

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