[SOLVED] error: target not found: from multiple applications

Question

I wanted to install skype on my fresh arch OS. I tried with
sudo pacman -S skype
but I got:
error: target not found: skype
. Even though I can find skype here: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/mult … _64/skype/ on the arch website, I can't find it with pacman -S. This would be also a question ...
I downloaded the x86 package for my system, and used
sudo pacman -U skype-4.2.0.11-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
, but ... I got this:
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-qt4", a dependency of "skype"
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-alsa-lib", a dependency of "skype"
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-libxss", a dependency of "skype"
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-libxv", a dependency of "skype"
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-libxcursor", a dependency of "skype"
warning: cannot resolve "lib32-v4l-utils", a dependency of "skype"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
skype
:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N]
I said ... ok, I will probably install pidgin, and install some kind of skype plugin, but now ... I tried to install teamviewer from AUR, with this command
sudo yaourt teamviewer
I choosed the second package which is the original teamviewer package not some kind of plugin, but ... I got this:
==> Edit teamviewer.install with: nano
==> Continue building teamviewer ? [Y/n]
==> ------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
==> Install or build missing dependencies for teamviewer:
error: target not found: lib32-freetype2
error: target not found: lib32-alsa-lib
error: target not found: lib32-zlib
error: target not found: lib32-libxdamage
error: target not found: lib32-gcc-libs
error: target not found: lib32-libxtst
==> Restart building teamviewer ? [y/N]
I am pretty sure there is a solution for this ... because I don't want to sit all day, trying to install an application.
Waiting for your suggestions guys.
PS: I've also tried to install for example, for skype, the lib32-qt4 library, but it's already installed, don't know what's happening.
Last edited by icebox (2013-09-27 09:36:47)

Answer 1

multilib is enabled from /etc/pacman.conf, but it's still the same. Also, as mentioned I got this error also with teamviewer not only skype, and I will probably get it another 1000 of times, since I tried to install only 5 applications until now
This is the /etc/pacman.conf 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
#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 $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
#[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