The right way to upgrade an archlinux system has and always will be `pacman -Syu`.
The problem here is not pacman, but one or more of the following: the yaourt-affiliated packages, the archlinux.fr repo, and most importantly users who remain willfully ignorant of what they are doing by relying far to heavily on the first two items on this list.
QFT. Closing.
]]>The problem here is not pacman, but one or more of the following: the yaourt-affiliated packages, the archlinux.fr repo, and most importantly users who remain willfully ignorant of what they are doing by relying far to heavily on the first two items on this list.
]]>Hey guys. Just woke up. Problem solved on update. I guess the repo children fixed it all. thanks for help and replies.
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]]>fladi wrote:pacman -R yaourt package-query
pacman -Syyu
pacman-db-upgrade
> then manually reinstall yaourtthanx. this fixed the issue for me as well.
There is no need for that. Now that package-query is updated, all you need to do is update (reinstall) it via yaourt:
yaourt -S package-query
After doing that pacman -Syyu will work fine.
]]>pacman -R yaourt package-query
pacman -Syyu
pacman-db-upgrade
> then manually reinstall yaourt
thanx. this fixed the issue for me as well.
]]>neckbeards% install yaourt resolving dependencies... warning: cannot resolve "pacman<4.2", a dependency of "package-query" warning: cannot resolve "package-query>=1.4", a dependency of "yaourt" :: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies: yaourt :: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] n error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: package-query: requires pacman<4.2 :: yaourt: requires package-query>=1.4
Not sure on the fix for this. I had this issue with testing. But I disabled testing and now have this. I did notice a recent pacman update. Sorry if a repost. Still no answer found for me. thanks
I "solved" this by
pacman -R yaourt package-query
pacman -Syyu
pacman-db-upgrade
"solved" under quotes because now pacman works but yaourt is gone. I will try packer instead today, hopefully this works better.
]]>$ which install
/usr/bin/install
so don't forget 'install' is an alias on your computer.
Apart from what Trilby wrote, there are other AUR helpers besides yaourt, you might want to "shop around".
]]>okay understood. no problems. I'll look into it in the morning about to get some sleep for now. thanks for info. I've only been using arch for a few months. so i'm not the best with it yet
]]>The fix is simple though: install these properly from the AUR.
EDIT: Antsunrise - I'm sorry for my tone in this thread, it is not really what it should be. I have issues with the archlinux.fr repo, but this should not be directed at new members to these forums. So please accept my appologies for the tone. But the message is the same: my recommendation would be to remove that repo and actually learn about how to use the AUR effectively. The AUR wiki page can help.
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