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I'm 99.9% sure my wifi is set up correctly.
ping -c 2 www.google.com
Output: 2 Packets Transmitted/Received 0% Packet Loss
Since I have a connection to the internet, I thought it would be awesome to install xfce!
Pacman needs python to find the fastest connection!
pacman -S python
python package not found, searching for group...
error: 'python': not found in sync db
So I spend at least 45 minutes going over the pacman.conf docs. I try messing with the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist so all mirrors in the USA are represented to start with.
pacman.conf is all defaults... so I have this under core, extra, community:
Include= /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
I overwrote /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist to look like:
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#...etc etc
Then I try to use pacman to install python and it does not work. I am stumped. Prompt help would be greatly appreciated, I would like to be up and running xfce tonight. Thank you for taking time out of your day to help someone!:D
[root]# pacman -S python
python package not found, searching for group...
error: 'python': not found in sync db
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I'm 99.9% sure my wifi is set up correctly.
Edit: Ignore my adivse... saw some output to the contrary at the end of your post.
A "pacman -Syyu" should get you on your way.
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Try pacman -Syu first.
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Well if you can do a ping then you are definitly online.. If there was a problem with your servers then it would output it couldnt find the repos.. Have you done a repo sync? If not:
pacman -Sy
the -Sy flag says to sync your repos so pacman can find a specific package. It needs to know the pkg exists on there. Also if you do:
pacman -Syu
you can do a repo sync then full system upgrade at the same time.
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Looks like pacman -Syu is running. Thanks. Gotta wait for a big download.
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You only just installed didn't you?
After a fresh install, pacman only has a list of the packages in 'core' cached on disk. You have to run `pacman -Sy` to get pacman to download/update a the list of packages in 'extra' and 'community' otherwise you get the error you've been getting
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Everything is working great! Thanks Everyone.
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Oh YES I love TITLES like THIS!!! What is the INTERNETS!
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I Cannots Conect To Teh Pacamn
(how did you get all caps to work ?)
Last edited by sand_man (2009-09-15 04:08:12)
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THIS phrase seems to BE ARBITRARILY all capped at SOME points.
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And.... lets close this now....
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