Pacman.conf problem [solved]

Hi im having a problem with yaourt, and packer and i cant also install any package form Aur for example:
packer -S opencascade
grep: /etc/pacman.conf: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
Aur Targets (1): opencascade
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
Dependencies for `opencascade' are not met, not building..
i have the same problem with yaourt
if i try to install from a tarball for example i get this
makepkg -s
==> Making package: plank-bzr 820-1 (Fri Jun 7 13:06:26 ART 2013)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
==> ERROR: 'pacman' returned a fatal error (1):
[dam2@dam1d plank-bzr]$
i installed arch linux again yesterday and i copy the pacman.conf file that i have in my older arch linux to my new one
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta = 0.7
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
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]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# 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
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
modedit: added code tags /Xyne
Last edited by adcdam (2013-06-07 19:28:32)

grep: /etc/pacman.conf: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf could not be read: Permission denied
This tells you that you have incorrectly configured permissions when you copied the file. Fix that with
chmod 644 /etc/pacman.conf
Also note that I have added code tags ([code]) to your post. Please use them in the future when you post command output or file contents.

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Dear all,
first, excuse me for my bad english.
Setting the nearest mirror in all /etc/pacman.d files should be tedious especially if I am a men that go around the world (this is not my case).
Is it possible to add a new feature in pacman.conf to enable the user to set the mirror country without touch the
/etc/pacman.d files?
Something like COUNTRY=IT or MIRROR_COUNTRY=IT
So, if I'll go in another country or only to test other mirrors, I have only to change a variable.
Thanks for the attention
morellik

I think the main problem is that there are several mirror lists to edit, while one is enough.
There is a way in pacman 3.1 to have just one list, so it'll be much easier to edit it manually.
Just move the mirrors from your country at the top in one file, and you're done.

Edit pacman.conf without editor

Hi folks,
I have got a BIG problem. That is what I did:
I installed a new /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
after that I got an error in pacman, which said that the architecture is unknown or sth
so I inserted "Architecture = x86_64" into pacman.conf and did some updates
after a restart some time later xinit failed to initialize "x" ... probably because my window manager can not load (see following text)
well, now I am left without X and when I try to start vim it says sth like: "error while loading shared libraries gtk-x11-...sth... wrong ELF class ELFCLASS64"
now I tried to install nano via pacman which was successful, but as soon as I try to start nano it says "/usr/bin/nano file or directory not found" (I also tried to install vi with the same result)
Now I am really lost since I can not edit any files, especially pacman.conf to change the architecture, since I guess the origin of my problem is that I did not have a x64 system in first place!? Even though I am sure I have ...
Do you have any idea how to fix my system? I can still use pacman and mount a usb device, if that helps?
Best,
Tobias

Please try to give us some more information:
Do
ls -l /usr/bin | grep nano
and see if nano is actually present. Also check if "/usr" is mounted
mount
. If you are unsure, post the output.
Also please provide your pacman.conf so we can see if there's anything wrong there. To get it do
cat /etc/pacman.conf
. Then place it in the file as noted below.
Note: to provide the output do the following:
COMMAND > ~/command_output.txt
. Then you can copy those files to a usb drive via
cp ~/command_output.txt /path/to/usb
This could help us figure out the problem.
You could also look into tools for "editing" a file in the command line. Maybe 'sed' can help there, not so sure myself. Perhaps you can do some kind of
cat /etc/pacman.conf | *command to replace/remove the Architecture line* > /etc/pacman.conf
Watch out though, ALWAYS make backups, you don't want to screw things up even more.
Hope this helps.
By the way: You change doesn't look so wrong if I am not mistaken. I wonder how this could screw things up this way?
Oh by the way: If all else fails, boot a live cd, mount your system and edit the files via live cd tools. If you then want to test things you can chroot into your mounted system.

Pacman.conf problem [solved]

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