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leberyo

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 123

[Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

Hi, so I'm trying to do the usual yaourt -Syu --aur to upgrade my system and it's giving me back a bunch of errors that require sh like:

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: bison: requires sh
:: db: requires sh
:: dhcpcd: requires sh
:: diffutils: requires sh
:: e2fsprogs: requires sh
:: ed: requires sh
:: enca: requires sh
:: exo: requires sh
:: fakeroot: requires sh
:: findutils: requires sh
:: flex: requires sh
:: gawk: requires sh
:: gdbm: requires sh
:: gettext: requires sh

and about a dozen more packages.  Any idea what the problem could be?  I'm missing sh it seems but I don't know how to install it...

Last edited by leberyo (2010-12-27 18:52:32)

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,676

Re: [Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

sh is part of the bash package

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: [Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

sh is provided by bash, but oddly not dash.

Please use pacman if you're asking for help in the pacman forum.

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leberyo

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 123

Re: [Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

I just did the same command with Pacman and got the same error.

What command would I need to run to fix things?  Re-install bash or something?

Mr Green

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Re: [Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

pacman -Qo /bin/sh
/bin/sh is owned by bash 4.1.009-3

pacman -Syyu

What is the output of

pacman -Ss bash

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leberyo

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 123

Re: [Solved] Getting error "": requires sh Any Ideas

pacman -Syyu did the job, thanks v much Forum Fellow.