[SOLVED] pacman replies - No such file

Question

i cant install amarok right now.
pacman -S amarok
No such file “amarok-2.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz”.
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (error invoking external downloader)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
i have tried various transfer commands as well in the pacman.conf
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#MY EDIT
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget -c --passive-ftp -c %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
i tried about 15 different mirrors as well. 
what am i doing wrong?
Last edited by wolfdogg (2011-07-05 23:04:17)

Answer 1

thank you for the replies.
falconindy wrote:If you switch mirrors, you need to forcefully update your sync DBs with 'pacman -Syy'. Failing to do this will lead to attempts to download the same missing files.
your right, thanks its working now! i forgot about this, (to re sync pacman -Syy after switching mirrors)
first i received a message that the file doesnt exist, thats understandable if its using the old pacman database before the -Syy resync
Connecting to mirror.rit.edu|129.21.171.98|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /archlinux/extra/os/x86_64 ... done.
==> SIZE amarok-2.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR amarok-2.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ...
No such file “amarok-2.4.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz”.
why is it if i switch mirrors, even though i can see the machine its connecting to is the new mirror, the file isnt found, it must be because the old database list from the old mirror tells it that it doesnt exist, so it doesnt even bother looking right? 
but for some reason the next time i tried i got a 404 error, which is confusing to me because when you see a 404, that means that the server responded that the file doesnt exist.  i think this is the one i was going off off to make my assumption.  i didnt notice the first one until i detailed this out.  i only noticed the 404.
Connecting to mirrors.kernel.org|149.20.20.135|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-07-02 13:20:52 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Last edited by wolfdogg (2011-07-02 20:51:23)