[solved] Yaourt -Syu ?

Hi
today i noticed by accident that yaourt doesn't update my AUR packages.
For example:
virtualbox_bin itself says that ver3.0.... is installed but "yourt virtualbox_bin" says that the newest version 3.1.... is installed
same with a small tool called gvolwheel: 0.2 is installed but yaourt says 0.6 is installed.
It's no problem to update these two manually but i don't have a clue how many progrms i installed via yaourt.
Where is my error? I think i'm overseeing something very simple. Any hints are greatly appreciated!
Thanks
cl10k
BIG EDIT:
Stupid me!!!! ->>> "yaourt -Syu – -aur"
Why do I always find the solution AFTER i posted crap in the forums? Sry^^
Last edited by cl10k (2010-01-11 22:57:25)

You can also edit the options in /etc/yaourtrc to automatically include the AUR. That's what I did, because I only ever use yaourt to access the AUR, pacman does the normal work for me.

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[SOLVED] yaourt -Syua wants to update a package which hasn't changed

I built a modest package, vi-vim-symlink, tested it extensively with pacman, and then uploaded it to AUR.
Recently some user reported that every time he runs yaourt, the package wants to be reinstalled. I installed yaourt and confirmed this behavior:
gecko:~~$ yaourt -Syua
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
Foreign packages: | 4 / 4
==> Package upgrade only (new release):
aur/vi-vim-symlink 1-1 1 -> 1
==> Continue upgrade ? [Y/n]
==> [V]iew package detail [M]anually select packages
==> --------------------------------------------------
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? The package is super simple and only creates a couple of symlinks, uninstalling vi, if necessary.
Last edited by pgoetz (2014-04-25 21:33:06)

HalosGhost wrote:For starters, that pkgdesc is huge for no reason at all. Also, does that package actually work? Those symlinks don't look valid at all.
The package definitely works (I'm using it on several machines). The pkgdesc is lengthy because it's kind of an odd package, so I tried to explain the reason for it's existence. (This came after a lengthy forum discussion on the issue of most linux users expecting /usr/bin/vi and /usr/bin/view to actually be vim, and not Bill Joy vi.) If I were just packaging bottle.py or something like this my pkgdesc would be short.
Do you see anything which is an actual violation of the Arch Packaging Standards?
I'm still not entirely sure what this means or how this happened.
Looks like the source tarball was repackaged without having been sync'd
AUR wouldn't let me upload the package without a url; first I added a random url (one of my servers), then changed my mind and used the vim url -- this must have been when things got out of whack.

[Solved]"yaourt -Syua" no longer lists installed packages.....

When I run:
$ yaourt -Syu
/usr/bin/pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
2012-01-17 12:12:20 (23.4 KB/s) - saved “/var/lib/pacman/sync/archlinuxfr.db.part” [28637/28637])
$
Then run:
$yaourt -Syua
:: Synchronizing package databases...
2012-01-17 12:12:20 (23.4 KB/s) - saved “/var/lib/pacman/sync/archlinuxfr.db.part” [28637/28637])
acpitool: Orphan
clearlooksosx-icon-theme: Orphan
xecjk: Orphan
Foreign packages: \ 103 / 103
$
It no longer shows the installed packages list, just counting in one line "Foreign packages: \ 103 / 103" and exit without updating. Is this normal?
Last edited by hooluupog (2012-01-18 04:25:06)

mod action: Moving from Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues to AUR Issues, Discussion & PKGBUILD Requests.

Yaourt -Syu = "missing dependencies: linuy-firmwake" KINDA [SOLVED]

This has to be some kind of error. linuy-firmwake must mean linux-firmware, right?
I hate to give so few details, but I don't know what else to post. I recently discovered a bad RAM stick. Its been removed.
Now when i enter yaourt -Syu or yaourt -Syy, i get these two phantom dependencies.
Boot also hangs, but if i "alt f2" I can log in.
Thoughts?
Last edited by wsims (2011-01-11 21:56:31)

No missing dependencies when using pacman. I don't even know where to start on this one.
Nothing seems to be broken, so its not that big a deal, just annoying. I'm kind of OCD and can't stand little anomalies like this.

[Solved]Yaourt sync issue

I installed yaourt according to the instruction here http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en
But when I run yaourt -Syu --devel --aur , I get an error: problem setting dbpath '//usr/local/var/lib/pacman/' (could not find or read directory)
The directory doesn't exist and pacman -v shows nothing related to that directory. What should I do?[]
Last edited by codetrick (2011-03-04 14:28:03)

I have the same problem. I get it when try to install 'package-query' and 'yaourt' from AUR, but i install it manually.
In INSTALL file of package-query I found interesting thing:
By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
`/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc. You
can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX', where PREFIX must be an
absolute file name.
I uninstall yaourt and package-query using pacman and delete /usr/local directory (the system is fresh and this directory is not important)
Then i do
./configure --prefix=''
sudo make install
With yaourt i have more problems... Iven if you delete "/usr/local" from Makefile you don't solve the problem.
I find all "/usr/local" substrings in files from yaourt.x.x.x.tar.gz with commands:
tar -xzvf yaourt.x.x.x.tar.gz
cd yaourt.x.x.x
grep -RiHn 'usr/local/' *
and manually delete them.
Then i make and install my yaourt. It worked.
Oh, i know that it is unnormal, but i can't find anything in internet and write it to others.
P.S. I may install yaourt with this instruction^ http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en (with pacman)
Last edited by Grandma (2011-12-18 00:06:52)

[solved] yaourt messed up pacman - "pacman: command not found"

Hi,
i got some "xxxxxx not found on AUR" messages after doing a "yaourt -Syu --aur" so I began to remove them with "yaourt -Rs xxxxxxx".
When there was only one left "aqpm2" this is what happened:
[studio@myhost ~]$ yaourt -Rs aqpm2
verificando dependências...
Remover (2): aqpm2-20100615-2 qjson-0.7.1-2
Tamanho total dos pacotes a serem removidos: 2,93 MB
Deseja remover estes pacotes? [S/n] s
(1/2) removendo aqpm2 [##########################################################################] 100%
(2/2) removendo qjson [##########################################################################] 100%
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/bin/yaourt: line 201: testdb: comando não encontrado
now pacman is broken:
[studio@myhost ~]$ pacman
bash: pacman: comando não encontrado
[studio@myhost ~]$ yaourt -Syu --aur
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
You are not allowed to launch /usr/bin/pacman with sudo
Please enter root password
Senha:
bash: /usr/bin/pacman: Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado
==> WARNING: problem in pkgbuild.sh library
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
==> Searching for new version on AUR
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
Unable to open file: /etc/pacman.conf
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/lib/yaourt/basicfunctions.sh: line 10: pacman: comando não encontrado
/usr/bin/yaourt: line 201: testdb: comando não encontrado
[studio@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
sudo: pacman: command not found
please help
Last edited by capoeira (2010-10-16 14:33:39)

capoeira wrote:
can I use pacman-static from this repro?
I'm afraid to break system even more
http://repo.archmobile.org/x86_64/archmobile/
OK, that gave me a segfault, so
I downloaded the package and copied the folders to root.
no pacman works but gaves me this errors afterwards:
pacman-3.4.1-1: description file is missing
pacman-3.4.1-1: dependency file is missing
pacman-3.4.1-1: file list is missing
how do I solve this?
BTW: should I make a bug-report??
EDIT: any package I try to instal I get this error:
erro: não foi possível abrir o arquivo /var/lib/pacman/local/pacman-3.4.1-1/depends: Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado
(it's in portuguese but i think its understandable)
Last edited by capoeira (2010-10-15 22:08:36)

[Solved] Yaourt + bash problem?

Hello.
For couple of weeks I am occasionally seeing a strange problem.
When I use Yaourt I get some issues that I suspect might be caused by some bash configuration problem.
Here is the output:
$ yaourt -Syua
You are not allowed to launch pacman with sudonPlease enter root password
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 37.1K 3.6M/s 00:00:00 [############################################] 100%
extra 466.7K 467.0K/s 00:00:01 [############################################] 100%
community 430.5K 824.4K/s 00:00:01 [############################################] 100%
archlinuxfr is up to date
aspell-sk: up to date
bleachbit-svn: up to date
argyllcms: up to date
exfalso: up to date
cairo-ubuntu: up to date
eclipse-classic: not found on AUR
doublecmd-svn: (local=3050-1 aur=3047-1)
caffeine: (ignoring package upgrade)
firefox4: up to date
florence: up to date
freetype2-ubuntu: up to date
gnome-theme-bamboo-zen: up to date
gnome-theme-eco: up to date
gnome-theme-ellanna: up to date
gnome-theme-exotic: up to date
gnome-theme-industrial: up to date
gnome-theme-infinity: up to date
gnome-theme-orange: up to date
gnome-theme-step-into-freedom: up to date
gnome-theme-showtime: up to date
gnome-theme-tropical: up to date
gnome-theme-ubuntu-sunrise: up to date
gnome-theme-wild-shine: up to date
google-earth: up to date
google-talkplugin: up to date
gtk-candido-engine: up to date
graveman: up to date
gnome-theme-airlines: up to date
ld-lsb: up to date
gwget: up to date
libjpeg: not found on AUR
libjpeg6: up to date
fontconfig-ubuntu: up to date
murrine-themes-collection: up to date
packer: (local=20110305-1 aur=20110301-1)
openssl-compatibility: up to date
phatch: up to date
gnome-theme-split: up to date
libxft-ubuntu: up to date
pidgin-gtalksharedstatus: up to date
qgtkstyle-svn: not found on AUR
rawtherapee-hg: (local=374-1 aur=201-1)
qshntoolsplit: up to date
remobo: up to date
remotedroid-server: up to date
ttf-ms-fonts: up to date
humanity-icons: up to date
ttf-ubuntu-family-fonts: not found on AUR
virtualbox-ext-oracle: up to date
util-linux-ng: not found on AUR
teamviewer: up to date
xcalib: up to date
gnome-color-manager: up to date
gnome-theme-aquadreams: up to date
xxe: up to date
==> Package upgrade only (new release):
core/mkinitcpio 0.6.8-1 1 -> 2
extra/krusader 2.3.0beta1-2 2 -> 3
extra/mplayer 32792-2 2 -> 3
extra/network-manager-applet 0.8.2-2 2 -> 3
community/jre 6u24-1 1 -> 2
community/jdk 6u24-1 1 -> 2
aur/android-sdk r10-1 1 -> 2
==> Software upgrade (new version) :
core/dhcpcd 5.2.10-1 -> 5.2.11-1
core/iw 0.9.20-1 -> 0.9.22-1
core/ncurses 5.7-4 -> 5.8-1
core/kernel26 2.6.37.1-1 -> 2.6.37.2-1
core/kernel26-headers 2.6.37.1-1 -> 2.6.37.2-1
core/libmpc 0.8.2-3 -> 0.9-1
core/ppl 0.11-1 -> 0.11.2-1
core/shadow 4.1.4.2-4 -> 4.1.4.3-1
extra/libgl 7.10.0.git20110215-1 -> 7.10.1-1
extra/ati-dri 7.10.0.git20110215-1 -> 7.10.1-1
extra/kdelibs 4.6.0-3 -> 4.6.1-1
extra/oxygen-icons 4.6.0-1 -> 4.6.1-1
extra/kdebase-runtime 4.6.0-2 -> 4.6.1-1
extra/kdebase-workspace 4.6.0-3 -> 4.6.1-1
extra/kdepimlibs 4.6.0-1 -> 4.6.1-1
extra/mesa 7.10.0.git20110215-1 -> 7.10.1-1
extra/mobile-broadband-provider-info 20100510-1 -> 20110218-1
extra/thunderbird 3.1.7-3 -> 3.1.9-1
community/wine 1.3.14-1 -> 1.3.15-1
archlinuxfr/yaourt 0.9.5.1-1 -> 0.9.5.2-1
aur/desktop-privileges 0.1-2 -> 0.2-2
aur/xulrunner-system-cairo 1.9.2.13-4 -> 1.9.2.15-1
==> New package :
/usr/bin/yaourt: eval: line 24: syntax error near unexpected token `required'
/usr/bin/yaourt: eval: line 24: `echo (required by $requiredbypkg)'
core/util-linux 2.19-4
==> Continue upgrade ? [Y/n]
==> [V]iew package detail [M]anually select packages
==> --------------------------------------------------
==> n
Please note the first problem:
"You are not allowed to launch pacman with sudonPlease enter root password"
I checked the line of code and it reads:
"echo -e $(eval_gettext 'You are not allowed to launch $command with sudo\nPlease enter root password') 1>&2"
So obviously, the "\n" direction is not respected here. I tried to reproduce this problem in my bash prompt, but there everything seems to work as expected.
$ echo -e "aaaa\nbbbb"
aaaa
bbbb
After upgrade to the latest Yaourt version (0.9.5.2-1) this is gone and Yaourt only promps like this:
$ yaourt -S yaourt
Password:
But there is second problem:
/usr/bin/yaourt: eval: line 24: syntax error near unexpected token `required'
/usr/bin/yaourt: eval: line 24: `echo (required by $requiredbypkg)'
Which is still persistent and was not solved by version upgrade. I have feeling in the gut, that it might have the same culprit.
I also have second Archlinux box (notebook) with installation that is very similar to this one. I have cloned it, but removed some packages. Most of the system is the same. This problem is not present there and Yaourt works fine.
I know that Yaourt is not officially supported and there are other frontends, but I prefer Yaourt.
Does anyone have idea what might be the problem?
Thanks.
Last edited by Raqua (2011-03-10 18:46:04)

With regard to the sudo problem: sudo recently underwent an upgrade that featured a rewriting of its plugins, including /etc/sudoers; I noticed the same issues for a couple days. Add your user to the "wheel" group again, and it should clear things up.

[SOLVED] yaourt how to update aur packages

Hi!
I got a quick question. I thought that yaourt is able to update old packages installed from Aur automatically.
So for example I type as usually yaourt -Syu --aur but I noticed it doesn't show AUR packages I can update. Only from core/extra/community
For example I just typed:
yaourt yaourt
1 aur/yaourt 0.9.2.6-1 [0.9.2.5-1 installed] (2406)
and see that I can update yaourt. I have other packages installed from AUR, how do I know that a newer version is available without checking it manually?
edit:
so I am happy to mark it as solved. It wasn't a bug, but it is a way how yaourt works.
yaourt -Syu --aur shows packages from core/extra/community.
If I press Y (to install them). It shows a list again with the information how much to download and install and then after pressing "No" to install them, yaourt continues to check AUR packages in this case.
Julien MISCHKOWITZ, the developer said he could change the behavior
Thanks everyone for the attention!
Last edited by ngsupb (2009-08-21 13:15:09)

shining wrote:yaourt has a bug tracker : http://bugs.archlinux.fr/index/proj3?or … &sort=desc
Thank you shining. I have opened a ticket there. Lets wait, I hope they can help!

[SOLVED] Yaourt: not found on AUR

When I try to run
yaourt -Syu --aur
I am told that
yaourt: not found on AUR
This is given for all packages I've installed from the AUR.
I am behind a http proxy, but have exported this variable in my shell. And I know that at least some of these packages are updated from when I last did an upgrade.
I can't find an answer on the wiki or searching these forums; am I just being stupid, or can someone help me? Thanks.
Last edited by chrispoole (2009-03-27 12:20:38)

Try changing your http proxy in /etc/wgetrc instead.

[solved] Yaourt + Pacmatic warning message on system update

I've recently installed Pacmatic and I use Yaourt aswell, so I edited my yaourtrc so that the PacmanBin was pointing to pacmatic.
But when I run a 'yaourt -Syu' and there isn't any news, I get the following message:
Warning: stale installation, rerun with '-Syu'
The upgrade otherwise runs perfectly and when there is news I don't get the warning at all. If I run 'pacmatic -Syu' I don't get the message when there is no news.
Should I be worried? Is there anything else I need to do?
Last edited by fastfret79 (2009-10-18 22:27:15)

An update today fixed this - so marking as solved

[SOLVED]Yaourt not requiring Sudo

I just installed in yaourt through the archlinuxfr repository method, and I realized that yaourt -Syua updates both the aur and non-aur packages -- without requiring root privileges. I think that that is potentially harmful. Is there something that can remedy this?
I am using termite/zsh and I did a bit of reading:
https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/pull/488
Seems like they made a change here? I don't have any aliases in my zshrc though.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by 3xOSC (2013-07-19 23:13:43)

Not sure but i speculate the NOPASSWD tag was used in the soduers file. Here's an extract of sudoers man page:
NOPASSWD and PASSWD
By default, sudo requires that a user authenticate him or herself before running a command. This behavior can be modified via the NOPASSWD tag.
Like a Runas_Spec, the NOPASSWD tag sets a default for the commands that follow it in the Cmnd_Spec_List. Conversely, the PASSWD tag can be used to
reverse things. For example:
ray rushmore = NOPASSWD: /bin/kill, /bin/ls, /usr/bin/lprm
would allow the user ray to run /bin/kill, /bin/ls, and /usr/bin/lprm as root on the machine rushmore without authenticating himself. If we only
want ray to be able to run /bin/kill without a password the entry would be:
ray rushmore = NOPASSWD: /bin/kill, PASSWD: /bin/ls, /usr/bin/lprm
Note, however, that the PASSWD tag has no effect on users who are in the group specified by the exempt_group option.
By default, if the NOPASSWD tag is applied to any of the entries for a user on the current host, he or she will be able to run ``sudo -l'' without a
password. Additionally, a user may only run ``sudo -v'' without a password if the NOPASSWD tag is present for all a user's entries that pertain to
the current host. This behavior may be overridden via the verifypw and listpw options.
Obviously, this is kinda dangerous, specially if OP had/has ALL:ALL rights....
Anyway. OP said he didn't run "sudo yaourt" but "yaourt" alone. Does that mean yaourt has some kind of condition in its code where basically if user isn't root, it attempts to run exec commands with sudo?
Last edited by BGK (2013-07-20 01:20:18)

[Solved] yaourt / AUR is extremely slow [due to IPv6]

I have a weird problem with yaourt for some days. Whatever action I do with it (installation of package, upgrade etc) it takes ages. For example, when I install a package it needs around 2 minutes to only fetch the PKGBUILD file. It seems that the problem is specific to yaourt or to its connection with AUR, since when I do 'yaourt -Syua' the upgrade process is smooth for the pacman repos, but it stalls when it reaches a package from AUR. Also I checked the journald logs, but everything seems normal. Since it is the only connection problem that I have (the Internet connection functions properly and also the AUR site is launched on time on my browser), does anyone have a suggestion of what it might be?
Last edited by kostas213 (2013-08-12 13:14:52)

If you are using IPv6 connectivity,
Currently aur.archlinux.org IPv6 address can not seem to connect, with priority to use IPv6 Address Server until the connection over time, will jump back to the IPv4 address, it will be a little longer time spent
I was directly in the / etc / hosts to add the following content, so you do not use IPv6 address
78.46.78.247 aur.archlinux.org aur
host aur.archlinux.org
aur.archlinux.org has address 78.46.78.247
aur.archlinux.org has IPv6 address 2a01: 4f8: 120:34 c2 :: 2
aur.archlinux.org mail is handled by 10 mail.archlinux.org.
/usr/bin/curl -v -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/y … urt.tar.gz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* About to connect() to aur.archlinux.org port 443 (#0)
* Trying 2a01:4f8:120:34c2::2...
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:15 --:--:-- 0* Connection timed out
* Trying 78.46.78.247...
* Connected to aur.archlinux.org (78.46.78.247) port 443 (#0)

[Solved] Yaourt says that alacarte-xfce is an orphan

This is my output
[fallon ~]$ yaourt -Syua
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
alacarte-xfce : Orphan
Foreign packages: / 49 / 49
Alacarte-xfce is highlighted in red
I have re-installed it multiple times, refreshing yaourt in between, lots of things. I have searched the interwebs and found nothing.
Why am I getting this, I thought orphaned packages were ones that I didn't mean to install and are no longer needed.
note: Originally I wouldn't have installed alacarte myself, it would have come in an XFCE bundle.
Any advice on if this is normal/how to disable or how to correct would be appreciated.
(I have used GNU/Linux for a year, Arch for a few months, so I'm a little bit noobish ;P )
Last edited by Fallon911 (2013-03-08 21:10:10)

WonderWoofy wrote:
Learning to install AUR packaged by hand is a very good thing to learn. Though, AUR helpers can be convenient, they often keep users from fully understanding what is happening, and like most things with Arch, a lack of understanding can lead to breakage far beyond what Allan can accomplish.
I like cower because it searches fast, and does nothing more than download the tarball and unpack it in my directory of choice. I also keep pacaur on my machine for those times when I am feeling really really lazy.
I am fully capable of downloading and installing by hand actually
I just like to use it so that I know I'm up to date wit hinstaled software

[SOLVED] yaourt ERROR "not found in AUR"

Hi, when I run
yaourt -Syua
it shows
==> Downloading fontconfig-ubuntu PKGBUILD from AUR...
==> ERROR: fontconfig-ubuntu not found in AUR.
==> ERROR: unable to update
==> Downloading google-chrome-dev PKGBUILD from AUR...
==> ERROR: google-chrome-dev not found in AUR.
==> ERROR: unable to update
It's quite strange. I tried
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/go/google-chrome-dev/PKGBUILD
and it works well. Could someone help me with it?
Last edited by clippit (2012-02-19 12:28:28)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1060081
http://bugs.archlinux.fr/task/268
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28515

[SOLVED] yaourt upgrade check skips(?) packages

When running "yaourt -Syu --aur", after updating package databases for normal repositories, yaourt checks for AUR package upgrades and shows a counter, for example:
[ypoluektovich@arch ~]$ yaourt -Syu --aur
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
Foreign packages: 34 / 34
But lately, for me, the counter has been stopping just short of completion:
Foreign packages: / 49 / 50
What's going on and how do I fix it?
Last edited by ypoluektovich (2012-01-22 11:07:04)

Right, I've figured it out. Turns out the "missing" packages have been removed/renamed in the AUR database. Here's a one-liner that will print names of all such packages:
for x in `pacman -Qqm`; do [[ $( yaourt -Ss $x | grep "installed" | wc -l ) == 0 ]] && echo "$x"; done

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