Pacman issue

[greglee@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mir.archlinux.fr : Could not resolve host: mir.archlinux.fr; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ftp.nluug.nl : Could not resolve host: ftp.nluug.nl; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.mirror.root.lu : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.root.lu; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.nl.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.de.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.de.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ftp.uni-kl.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.uni-kl.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.limun.org : Could not resolve host: archlinux.limun.org; Name or service not known
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mir.archlinux.fr : Could not resolve host: mir.archlinux.fr; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from ftp.nluug.nl : Could not resolve host: ftp.nluug.nl; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.mirror.root.lu : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.root.lu; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.nl.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.de.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.de.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from ftp.uni-kl.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.uni-kl.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.limun.org : Could not resolve host: archlinux.limun.org; Name or service not known
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mir.archlinux.fr : Could not resolve host: mir.archlinux.fr; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.nluug.nl : Could not resolve host: ftp.nluug.nl; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from archlinux.mirror.root.lu : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirror.root.lu; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.nl.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.nl.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.de.leaseweb.net : Could not resolve host: mirror.de.leaseweb.net; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.uni-kl.de : Could not resolve host: ftp.uni-kl.de; Name or service not known
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from archlinux.limun.org : Could not resolve host: archlinux.limun.org; Name or service not known
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
error: failed to init transaction (download library error)
this is what i get when i try to update my system ,even when i
[greglee@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman-optimize
==> MD5sum'ing the old database...
==> Tar'ing up /var/lib/pacman...
==> Making and MD5sum'ing the new database...
==> Syncing database to disk...
==> Checking integrity...
==> Rotating database into place...
==> Finished. Your pacman database has been optimized.
does anybody know whats wrong ?

Looks like a temporary issue with your connectivity (or dns resolution to be more specific). If it happens again, test your general connectivity and it that's fine; try running "pacman -Syu --debug" and post the output here.
If it doesn't happen again; awesome!

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Weird pacman issue upgrading

Ok so I ran out of disk space a while back and didnt even noticed. Tried to update my system and no luck, fixed the disk space issue and now im getting some weird pacman errors during syncing...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/akonadi-1.1.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
similar errors happen for libical. ANyone any advice? Corrupt pacman DB? Need some direction to go with this one
update: OK so I did some playing and got past the pacman errors during syncing, but now when i update it wants to update the kdebase-workspace and gets errors like:
kdebase-workspace: /usr/share/wallpapers/default_blue.jpg.desktop exists in filesystem
Is this a package issue?
Last edited by ybotspawn (2009-02-06 01:20:01)

Yes and I fixed my disk space, so is pacman still broken then?
nevermind i played and figured that part out duh. sorry for the dumb questions
Last edited by ybotspawn (2009-02-06 01:55:49)

Yet another "unable to find root device" problem (pacman issue) SOLVED

During this night I've been trying to solve a problem that let me without access to my ArchLinux partition.
Booting the kernel.
:: Starting udevd...
done.
:: Running Hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...done.
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/by-uuid ...
ERROR: Unable to find root device '/dev/by-uuid'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[rootfs /]#
The thing is that I've read about chrooting, I did chroot following the steps described on the Wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Change_Root but I have a problem with pacman and it's that I can't use pacman on chroot, it says: command not found. I must've done something wrong but I have no clue.
My disk is sda1 and I don't use a special partition for /boot or /home.
Thank you in advance.
Last edited by ffuentes (2012-08-17 04:33:38)

I've solved the mystery.
Well, I realised that I had another serious issue with filesystem (that was mentioned on the Archlinux's news https://www.archlinux.org/news/filesyst … equired-1/ and https://www.archlinux.org/news/the-lib- … a-symlink/ ) so I had to figure out which packages were using /lib to remove them. Also I had to disable pacman's signature checking system because as I said before it didn't seem to work.
After removing every package that happened to use /lib at that time I eventually could perform the command "pacman -Syu" and later on "mkinitcpio -p linux" worked out.
Thanks DSpider.

Pacman issues when updating/installing

I have done a few new Arch installs in Virtualbox over the past week or so. Each time I have alot of issues using pacman, and I never have before. There are two things that seem to be happening:
1. At least every other time I use pacman to install and/or upgrade anything I get a package is corrupted error. I have tried using multiple different mirrors and it happens with each one. I have also tried reinstalling pacman with the same result.
2. The second issue is pacman will just stop mid-upgrade/install. One example of this is when installing xorg. It was halfway through installing and just stopped at 55% on one of the files it was downloading. This has happened numerous times in the past week. Again, I have tried numerous pacman mirrors (all in the US) and reinstalling pacman, neither solved the problem.
Anyone else seen anything similar?
I know this is a KDEmod mirror but I am having the same issue right now when I am trying to download KDEmod 4.2 from the US mirror. Pacman will just stop mid-download and I have to remove the db.lck on pacman then restart my KDEmod download. I have done it at least 5 times already and it isn't even half way downloaded.
Last edited by JawsThemeSwimming428 (2009-02-18 22:57:39)

Thanks for the replies. I am running the Arch install in question in Virtualbox and the host is not having the issue. The host is Windows Vista and I suspected it to be a network issue originally, however when the VM Arch install was having an issue my Vista machine (host) still was able to browse the web. Not sure what else to try?
Just happened again while trying to install Firefox. While it froze at 93% on xulrunner I ran a continuous ping from the Vista host and not a single packet was lost. Pacman never finished downloading the file, just stayed at 93% until I killed the job. I had to remove the db.lck on pacman and redo the download (pacman does pick up right from where it left off). Any thoughts?
Last edited by JawsThemeSwimming428 (2009-02-20 03:24:44)

Pacman issue - error: .. : No such file or directory.

It seems I have my first issue, and it's with Pacman. I get this error everytime I sync the database or install a package, even though everything seems to go fine.
error: /var/lib/pacman/extra/flite-1.3-2/desc: No such file or directory
I don't know what flite is but it won't install it as it doesn't exist even though there is a directory called "flite-1.3-2" and it's empty. I've tried removing the directory but synching the database doesn't put it back. Also I've used 'pacman -Scc' to clear cache but still no joy.

archuser wrote:
It seems I have my first issue, and it's with Pacman. I get this error everytime I sync the database or install a package, even though everything seems to go fine.
error: /var/lib/pacman/extra/flite-1.3-2/desc: No such file or directory
I don't know what flite is but it won't install it as it doesn't exist even though there is a directory called "flite-1.3-2" and it's empty. I've tried removing the directory but synching the database doesn't put it back. Also I've used 'pacman -Scc' to clear cache but still no joy.
delete the directory /var/lib/pacman/extra and run pacman -Sy to restore. I believe if you delete just the flite directory it won't restore with Sy.

[Solved] Pacman Issue

After attempting to run the command pacman -Syu, I got this error:
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(60/60) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
error: amsn: signature from "Jaroslav Lichtblau (trusted user) <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libglapi: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libgl: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: ati-dri: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: bash: signature from "Allan McRae <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: util-linux: signature from "Tom Gundersen <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: systemd-tools: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: bluez: signature from "Tom Gundersen <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libx11: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: mesa: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: clutter: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: clutter-gst: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: colord: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: consolekit: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: device-mapper: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: cryptsetup: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: db: signature from "Stphane Gaudreault <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: e2fsprogs: signature from "Ronald van Haren <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: eog-plugins: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: gnome-user-docs: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: gpm: signature from "Eric Belanger <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: gvfs: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: gvfs-obexftp: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: perl: signature from "Florian Pritz <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: vim-runtime: signature from "Thomas Dziedzic <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: gvim: signature from "Thomas Dziedzic <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: imagemagick: signature from "Eric Belanger <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: initscripts: signature from "Tom Gundersen <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: intel-dri: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libatasmart: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libcanberra: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libpulse: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libcanberra-pulse: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libldap: signature from "Stphane Gaudreault <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libpipeline: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libproxy: signature from "Evangelos Foutras <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libsystemd: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libtasn1: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libxaw: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: libxft: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: lvm2: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: mkinitcpio-busybox: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: mkinitcpio: signature from "Dave Reisner <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: net-snmp: signature from "Evangelos Foutras <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: perl-xml-parser: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: pixman: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: procps-ng: signature from "Eric Belanger <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: pulseaudio: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: run-parts: signature from "Pierre Schmitz <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: xcb-util: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
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error: svga-dri: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: udisks: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: vte-common: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: vte3: signature from "Ionut Biru <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: xf86-video-ati: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: xf86-video-intel: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: xorg-server-common: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: xorg-server: signature from "Andreas Radke <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
I looked around to see if others had the same issues, but none of their solutions worked for me. I do not have a pacman.conf.pacnew file. Here is my pacman.config file:
# /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
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#UseDelta
#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 = Optional TrustedOnly
# 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]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#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
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
# 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
Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I realized I misunderstood one of the posts on the forum I saw previously. I fixed the issue by setting SigLevel = Optional TrustAll. I thought it meant only in one place, not each package I'm using. Sorry for the inconvienence.
Last edited by Inxsible (2012-06-04 22:35:26)

Next time, please use [ code ] tags, not [ quote ] tags
like this
https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
so the code is more readable and longer listing are nicely scrollable.

[SOLVED]pacman issue -- no mirror is responding

Hello,e verybody ! I have an issue with pacman : I cannot install/update/syncronize with it because no mirror is responding.
I activated every ftp mirror but they all do not answer in the fellowing fashion:
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.kz : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.nautile.nc : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.puzzle.ch : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.uib.no : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from artfiles.org : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp5.gwdg.de : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.cc.uoc.gr : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.ds.hj.se : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.eenet.ee : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.heanet.ie : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.hosteurope.de : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.iinet.net.au : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.jaist.ac.jp : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.klid.dk : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from ftp.linux.kiev.ua : Connection timed out
The issue stands whichever I use ethernet or the wireless connection...
I'm stuck with it. Hence, any help is welcomed and thanked !
EDIT: The solution was easy… My university filters every ftp requests, i simply have to us http mirrors.
Last edited by laerne (2011-12-20 09:03:41)

How about http mirrors?
Edit: Any .pacnew files like https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 28#p749428 ?
Last edited by karol (2010-12-02 18:14:38)

Pacman Issues

When I input 'pacman -Q linux', I get: 3.0.3-1 and I'm supposed to be using 3.1.9-2. I assumed 'pacman -Syu' would update things but nothing's changed.
My pacman.conf:
chome4 wrote:#
# /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
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
# PGP signature checking
# NOTE: None of this will work without running `pacman-key --init` first.
# The compiled in default is equivalent to the following line. This requires
# you to locally sign and trust packager keys using `pacman-key` for them to be
# considered valid.
#SigLevel = Optional TrustedOnly
# If you wish to check signatures but avoid local sign and trust issues, use
# the following line. This will treat any key imported into pacman's keyring as
# trusted.
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
# For now, off by default unless you read the above.
SigLevel = Never
# 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]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
#SigLevel = PackageOptional
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#SigLevel = PackageRequired
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
#SigLevel = PackageOptional
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
#[multilib]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlists
How can I get the newer, up-to-date linux?

eldragon wrote:
while doing pacman -Syuf is a valid option, it is not adviced.
the Force option its only needed for the filesystem package. so doing a pacman -Sf filesystem and then upgrading is safer.
also, i dont think -f is available in pacman 4, so you should do -S --force instead.
Additionally. the locale.sh conflict is a bit old. where have you been? you should delete /etc/profile.d/locale.sh prior to updating initscripts
Please, check the front news regularly before updating. it takes just a few minutes, it will save you these kind of posts.
exactly why i RSS the feed

Pacman issues (current vs core, tar.gz vs .xz) with very old install

I've got a vps which is running Arch, however it appears to be a very old install and I'm having problems updating things.
The current version of pacman is 2.9.8-4. When I do a database update with -Syy it completes ok... but I notice there is a 'current' database and no 'core' database. Also, when I try to update anything directly it appears to be searching for the packages with a .pkg.tar.gz extension, which I'm guessing is how they used to be before I paid attention to Arch - although, for most packages it states that the existing version is newer than is in the database - I've tried multiple mirrors with the same result.
My next idea was to try to manually install pacman, following the advice in the wiki for repairing a broken pacman... This ended up a convoluted process, as tar on the vps doesn't like .xz files it seems (J is not an accepted option to tar). I ended up extracting openssl, libarchive and pacman on another server then copied everything to the new VPS... and everything copied ok (into /etc, /usr and /var) but then running pacman gave a new error about libcurl.so.4 - I then decided to extract the contents of the curl package into the filesystem and now it claims there is no /usr/bin/pacman
Anyone have any ideas/suggestions for my issue? I can run pacman -Sy to update my initial databases, but trying to upgrade just says I have up to date packages (which is not at all true)... and when I tried to manually update pacman I just broke things.
Last edited by phaedrus (2012-09-24 01:27:51)

I was afraid that might be the case... I've logged a ticket with the VPS provider to see if they have a more recent image, but I'm not holding out too much hope. Thanks for your response Allan.

Pacman issues for new installation

Hi Folks,
New to Arch. Core x64 iso. Carried out the installation okay using the Beginners guide wiki.
Having trouble with pacman to the point it is driving me bananas. This is the Post installation part of the beginners guide we are talking about, so there is no GUI involved.
Network is fine. Unchecked mirrors in the mirrorlist near to my location. Run the following without any errors.
# pacman Syy
So chosen mirrors are okay so now we go on to update the system.
I ran # pacman -Syu
upgraded pacman on the first run as expected, and was asked to run pacman-key --init. Run up against the message...
Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more entropy.
System hung there. Had to force reboot (Ctl Alt Del).
After a reboot, tried running pacman -Syu again. This time it pulled a lot of upgrades. I continued with the proposed up grades only for each to fail with a generated key failed message.
Went over to windows and a VM, and went through the installation there to see if I could get a fix.
This time system is 32 bit 686. went through same procedure. got to the same point with the same error message.
Googled and found this post...https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128340.
There are a number of proposed solutions. None of which seemed to apply to GUI less new installation.
While system was hung looking for more entropy, I started entering numerous Ctl^X inputs at the keyboard. After a while it completed. I ran pacman-key --init again and and it seemed to complete okay. No errors any way.
So I then issued the command pacman -Syu again.
This time it downloaded a s*** load of updates, Checked the downloads, cant remember the exact details. Then came up with the message no packages were installed due to files being duplicate or conflicting.
There were numerous updates. How can I do the first time update. Help required. Remember no GUI.

Sorry for the delay in replying.
Okay, I moved locale.sh to tmp and renamed locale.sh.old
run the updates, there were errors, but since I was on a non GUI console, couldnot scroll back to see what messages the errors produced. There was a kernel upgrade in the package list. On reboot, system couldnot find the filesystem or kernel or boot partition. System is now goosed.
Reading more from wiki and threads posted here. I decided I needed the latest snapshot. Also read somewhere that the best idea was to do a network install.
so I started again with a new network install. Went okay or so I thought. Remember I am in the installation here. Downloaded the packages for just a basic core set up.
When the installation began installing the packages, the PgP signature problem raised it's head again. Now this is the installation procedure here over the network with the latest snapshot...
archlinux-2012.03.07_14-30-01-netinstall-i686
All I ahve done is let the installer run, selecting source, set location and time, prepared the hard disk. I choose grub, configured the network okay. The installation process then downloaded the core files but installation failed.
Messages...immediately after download.
Checking package integrity
Warning: Public keyring not found; have you run pacman-key --init
Error: linux-api-headers key F999...blah..blah unknown
Error: key F999...blah..blah could not be looked up remotely.
All other packages have similar errors, the procedure finishes with the following...
Error failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupt package (PGP Signature))
Package installation failed.
What is going on? This is the installation process, no way to access the filesystem as yet, not that I know of anyway.
Other people installing Arch over the network must be experiencing the same problem.
Does Arch actually work
Running install on VMWare on Windows.

Arch64 pacman issues

I've reinstalled arch maybe 10 times trying to resolve this issue, thinking maybe I was having problems with the setup but I don't think that's the case.
Anyway, what happens is when I use pacman to try to install anything (have tried gaim, fluxbox and gnome)
# pacman -S gaim --refresh
etc.
*If the installation works. I get an error when trying to run either of these.
error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
*-For gnome, I've had a large amount of issues installing giving me a list of files that already exist as the error.
If I could get any help with any of those issues, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Have you tried a different mirror? Try installing with the FTP install disc and use ftp.archlinux.org as the package source. I have no package named xorg-fonts in any repo.

[SOLVED] Weird pacman issue with wine

Good Morning Community,
I'm on X86_64. I've just brought a system out of the ground from a differnt distro. Arch is up and running well.
Then when I went to install wine .....pacman is giving me a strange error. Here is a cut n paste from the terminal
//-----------------Begin cut n pasted text
[dcbdbis@Curly-Sr ~]$ sudo pacman -S wine
error: 'wine': could not find or read package
[dcbdbis@Curly-Sr ~]$
//----------------- End cut n pasted text
I am using one mirror in the pacman.d/mirrorlist:
//----------------Begin cut n pasted text
Server = http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
//---------------- End cut n pasted text
And in using pacman to list packages, here is what I get
//----------------Begin cut n pasted text
[dcbdbis@Curly-Sr ~]$ sudo pacman -Sl|grep wine
community winefish 1.3.3-9
community winegame 0.2.0-1
community winestuff 0.2.0-1
community winetricks 20101222-1
[dcbdbis@Curly-Sr ~]$
//---------------- End cut n pasted text
Google returns nothing. And I've not found it in the forums, at least the ones I've been able to read in the last three hours.
Does anyone have any idea what's happening?
Ideas on what I can do to find out what's happening?
Help will be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely and respectfully,
Dave...........
Last edited by dcbdbis (2011-01-03 22:47:51)

Leonid.I wrote:
Allan wrote:You need multlib : http://www.archlinux.org/news/true-mult … ux-x86_64/
I would rather do a virtual machine...
Which can't do all the things wine can, due to the considerable additional overhead. Regardless, how's that comment supposed to contribute to the topic at all, especially with no justification.
To the OP, please mark the thread [solved] by editing your first post title.

[SOLVED] Pacman issue after -Syu

Hello guys,
This morning I did a full update with "pacman -Syu", before that, I also did an installation for gnome and gnome-extra as well as openoffice. There were some connection loss during the update and perhaps some packages failed to be retrieved, however, I repeated "pacman -Syu" and install the packages again and again until it showed that everything was installed.
But after that, every time I execute the pacman command, I always get the message "error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/community/chrootuid-1.3-3/desc: No such file or directory", it still shows that "local db is up to date" though, however, it seems like virtualbox isn't installable as "pacman -S virtualbox-ose" returns a "not found" error.
Please give me your solution about this
Thank you
Last edited by Himari (2010-02-23 03:17:07)

Pacman -Syy did the trick, but I also need to change to another mirror as well, I suppose there was something wrong with the previous mirror.
Thank you all for your help

[SOLVED] Pacman Issue community.db

I've been trying to use sudo pacman -Syu to upgrade but everytime I try I get this following message:
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db: (Empty error message)
warning: fakeroot: local (1.15.1-1) is newer than core (1.14.5-1)
warning: gnutls: local (2.12.2-1) is newer than testing (2.12.1-1)
warning: libx11: local (1.4.3-2) is newer than extra (1.4.3-1)
warning: mpfr: local (3.0.1-1) is newer than core (3.0.0.p8-1)
warning: ncurses: local (5.9-1) is newer than core (5.8-1)
warning: sudo: local (1.8.1-1) is newer than core (1.8.0-4)
warning: taglib: local (1.7-1) is newer than extra (1.6.3-1)
warning: udev: local (167-1) is newer than core (166-2)
warning: usbutils: local (002-2) is newer than core (002-1)
warning: xfsprogs: local (3.1.5-1) is newer than core (3.1.4-1)
there is nothing to do
However when I do this as root I don't get the error, is this common, a google search didn't achieve anything that I could make sense of.
I had a go at reinstalling pacman but it's still there.
Thanks,
Ben.
Last edited by Ben9250 (2011-04-11 22:31:40)

nomorewindows, for me it's the same. I use mirrors.kernel.org too.
# pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: bluez: local (4.91-1) is newer than extra (4.90-1)
warning: consolekit: local (0.4.3-3) is newer than extra (0.4.3-2)
warning: devtools: local (0.9.20-1) is newer than extra (0.9.19-1)
warning: dhcpcd: local (5.2.12-1) is newer than core (5.2.11-1)
warning: gnutls: local (2.12.2-1) is newer than extra (2.10.5-1)
warning: kernel26: local (2.6.38.2-1) is newer than core (2.6.37.5-1)
warning: kernel26-headers: local (2.6.38.2-1) is newer than core (2.6.37.5-1)
warning: libgcrypt: local (1.4.6-2) is newer than core (1.4.6-1)
warning: libgpg-error: local (1.9-3) is newer than core (1.9-2)
warning: libx11: local (1.4.3-2) is newer than extra (1.4.3-1)
warning: lirc-utils: local (1:0.9.0-2) is newer than extra (1:0.9.0-1)
warning: mdadm: local (3.2.1-1) is newer than core (3.1.5-1)
warning: phonon-gstreamer: local (4.5.0-1) is newer than extra (4.4.4-1)
warning: php: local (5.3.6-2) is newer than extra (5.3.6-1)
warning: php-apache: local (5.3.6-2) is newer than extra (5.3.6-1)
warning: php-curl: local (5.3.6-2) is newer than extra (5.3.6-1)
warning: php-gd: local (5.3.6-2) is newer than extra (5.3.6-1)
warning: php-mcrypt: local (5.3.6-2) is newer than extra (5.3.6-1)
warning: rsync: local (3.0.8-1) is newer than extra (3.0.7-2)
warning: syslog-ng: local (3.2.2-2) is newer than core (3.2.2-1)
warning: taglib: local (1.7-1) is newer than extra (1.6.3-1)
warning: virtualbox: local (4.0.4-3) is newer than community (4.0.4-2)
warning: wxgtk: local (2.8.12-1) is newer than extra (2.8.11-2)
warning: xextproto: local (7.2.0-1) is newer than extra (7.1.2-1)
warning: xproto: local (7.0.21-1) is newer than extra (7.0.20-1)

[SOLVED] Pacman issue error, that apprently affects nothing.

I seem to get this error, repeatedly every time I do something with Pacman. Yet, it will still work exactly as it should. Any way I can get this to go away?
System:
64 bit
Gnome 3
Using NetworkManager
"Output"
[jonathan@jon-l-main ~]$ sudo pacman -S wesnoth
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
Targets (12): sdl-1.2.14-6 sdl_ttf-2.0.10-1 sdl_net-1.2.7-3
libmikmod-3.1.12-3 smpeg-0.4.4-5 sdl_mixer-1.2.11-2
sdl_image-1.2.10-2 fribidi-0.19.2-1 boost-libs-1.46.0-4
lua-5.1.4-6 wesnoth-data-1.8.5-1 wesnoth-1.8.5-3
Total Download Size: 268.57 MB
Total Installed Size: 410.65 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
"End output"
Last edited by Garbee (2011-04-10 22:58:43)

"output"
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/desc: No such file or directory
Targets (1): gpm-1.20.6-6
Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 0.46 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpm-1.20.6-6/files: No such file or directory
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
gpm: /etc/conf.d/gpm exists in filesystem
gpm: /etc/profile.d/gpm.sh exists in filesystem
gpm: /etc/rc.d/gpm exists in filesystem
gpm: /usr/lib/libgpm.a exists in filesystem
gpm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so.2.1.0 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[jonathan@jon-l-main ~]$
"End output"
This is what happens when I try that.

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