[SOLVED] Pacman errors

Hello,
I've been trying to install fluxbox on my freshly installed arch linux (with updates) and I've been following a guide on how to do so. The problem is that I can't really install anything but 'pacman -S xorg', like for example if I try 'pacman -S hwd' I get this error:
http://rs51gc.rapidshare.com/files/1985 … G_1785.JPG
and this happens to pretty much every package that I've tried.
I've googled a lot and I've found some suggestions but none have worked =/
Please help.
Thanks.
Last edited by loxaXcracker (2009-02-16 11:44:20)

loxaXcracker wrote:
Nvm guys, I've figured out what the problem was.
(edit in rc.conf (change to eth0="dhcp") and then simply restart the network.)
Thanks for the help anyway guys!
Glad to hear that Add [SOLVED] in the topic.

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(SOLVED) Pacman error: GPGME does not exist

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Last edited by jlight2011 (2011-08-17 12:00:19)

No luck mate!
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[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 error downloading program

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Last edited by xendistar (2011-10-09 19:59:33)

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[Solved] Pacman error: pacman.confesting (download library error)

My system has not updated for a couple of days, for the last day it has been running successfuly but showing as up to date with no updates to install, which is unusual for 36hours as there's always something to update.
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:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing 12.7 KiB 3.09M/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
core 122.1 KiB 962K/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
extra 1805.8 KiB 1873K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
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multilib-testing 3.7 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
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Last edited by bug2k12 (2014-12-18 10:08:49)

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:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing 19.0 KiB 238K/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
core 122.1 KiB 127K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
extra 1805.9 KiB 1038K/s 00:02 [###########################################################################] 100%
community-testing 13.5 KiB 2.63M/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
community 2.4 MiB 1166K/s 00:02 [###########################################################################] 100%
multilib-testing 3.7 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
multilib 121.0 KiB 181K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
infinality-bundle is up to date
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warning: lib32-db: downgrading from version 5.3.28-2 to version 5.3.28-1
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resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: lib32-gtk3: requires gtk3=3.14.5
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:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 122.1 KiB 167K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
extra 1805.9 KiB 357K/s 00:05 [###########################################################################] 100%
community 2.4 MiB 384K/s 00:06 [###########################################################################] 100%
multilib 121.0 KiB 140K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
infinality-bundle is up to date
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warning: lib32-db: downgrading from version 5.3.28-2 to version 5.3.28-1
warning: lib32-mesa: downgrading from version 10.4.0-1 to version 10.3.5-1
warning: lib32-p11-kit: downgrading from version 0.22.1-3 to version 0.22.1-1
warning: lib32-systemd: downgrading from version 218-1 to version 217-1
warning: virtualbox: downgrading from version 4.3.20-3 to version 4.3.20-1
warning: virtualbox-guest-utils: downgrading from version 4.3.20-3 to version 4.3.20-1
warning: virtualbox-host-dkms: downgrading from version 4.3.20-3 to version 4.3.20-1
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: lib32-gtk3: requires gtk3=3.14.5
[user@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 122.1 KiB 82.7K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
extra 1805.9 KiB 252K/s 00:07 [###########################################################################] 100%
community 2.4 MiB 307K/s 00:08 [###########################################################################] 100%
multilib 121.0 KiB 192K/s 00:01 [###########################################################################] 100%
infinality-bundle 9.8 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
infinality-bundle.sig 287.0 B 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########################################################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: lib32-db: local (5.3.28-2) is newer than multilib (5.3.28-1)
warning: lib32-mesa: local (10.4.0-1) is newer than multilib (10.3.5-1)
warning: lib32-p11-kit: local (0.22.1-3) is newer than multilib (0.22.1-1)
warning: lib32-systemd: local (218-1) is newer than multilib (217-1)
warning: virtualbox: local (4.3.20-3) is newer than community (4.3.20-1)
warning: virtualbox-guest-utils: local (4.3.20-3) is newer than community (4.3.20-1)
warning: virtualbox-host-dkms: local (4.3.20-3) is newer than community (4.3.20-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: lib32-gtk3: requires gtk3=3.14.5

[solved]pacman error: failed to prepare transaction

[iblicf@myarch ~]$ sudo pacman -S inkscape
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error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "pyxml", a dependency of "inkscape"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
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error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "wv>=1.2.4", a dependency of "abiword"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
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pacman -Syy ，yeah , that works ... thanks
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[SOLVED] pacman error: cannot open package file

Hi
I didn't use my Arch box for a while and today launched it.
I had to install the "p7zip" package, but I'm a "build everything from sources" guy and I tried to install it from source as always. Unsuccessfully: it required nasm.
Decided to install it using pacman, to get it done quickly.
So, I've got the nasm package and uploaded it to my Arch machine (it has no inernet connection, I use NFS to share files).
Executed
pacman -U ./nasm-2.09.10-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
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loading package data...
error: './nasm-2.09.10-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz': cannot open package file
Then I tried to run pacman -U for one of "core" packages from the original media (2010.05) and the same result. Some time ago it was working fine.
It gets this error for every file.
The tar.gz file is not broken, I can browse it within Midnigh Commander and get any file .
What could be wrong? Any ideas?
Last edited by art84 (2011-09-16 17:37:33)

@Techman084:
Of course I have ran it in the directory where the package is located. And yes, I also tried to use it with an absolute path like.
@karol
# pacman -V
.--. Pacman v3.3.3 - libalpm v4.0.3
/ _.-' .-. .-. .-. Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Pacman Development Team
\ '-. '-' '-' '-' Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Judd Vinet
This program may be freely redistributed under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.
@the sad clown
1. /var/log/pacman.log
[2010-12-12 13:46] installed kernel26-headers (2.6.33.4-1)
[2010-12-12 14:07] installed r8168 (8.020.00-1)
[2010-12-20 19:33] installed iperf (2.0.5-1)
[2010-12-26 14:46] installed slang (2.2.3-1)
[2010-12-26 15:45] installed mc (4.7.4-1)
2. Why to synchronize? And how? pacman -Syu ?
I have the original 2010.05 distro installed without any updates. Only console. A few packages installed: ethtool, mc, slang, etc. So, I don't need to have it synchronized to the last versions of everythig (if I correctly understood the goal of the sync)
3. I have already that p7zip package on my PC I had to do it manually ... but to be clear, it doesn't work with any package, not only with "p7zip" or "nasm"

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