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User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

I am trying to install Arch on virtual box but when I try to run install packages (base+base-devel) it always throws 'installation failed'. When I look for the problem, it says 'could not satisfy depencies.'.

Prior to this, Arch had problems in downloading few packages from a mirror but it seems to have gotten every package when I tried several different mirrors.

Screenshot of the problem: http://i.imgur.com/7KWAk.png

I have checked the mirror status from here http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ and tried following mirrors:

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/

ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/

ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/archlinux/

http://mirror.academica.fi/archlinux/

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

Select only base for and see if it works.

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User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

It gives the same error message even if I try only with base.

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karol

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

Select only base for and see if it works.

+1
It's much easier to just use pacman later to install / remove packages and easier to troubleshoot an issue with a working system.

Yes, you can install every package and package group later.

User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

It gives the same error message even if I try only with base.

karol

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/ has new packages, I don't know why is pacman trying to downgrade them.
Try installing from the CD instead from a mirror on the net.

User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

I tried to install only the core files from cd, nothing from mirrors and it still gives me the same error. Is there possibility that the installer itself is screwed and I should download it again?

karol

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

The install image https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … 2011.08.19 has older versions (like udev 173-3) but where did you get udev 175 when installing just from the CD?

I have no idea what's going on.

User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

I went to archlinux.org, download and took the i686 CPU core image via bit torrent. Then I tried to install from it to virtual box and when installing packages (wether from the image itself or from mirror) I get the error. Should I download an other version and try with it?

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

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User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

I decided to try installing again and this time it gives error about firmware

http://i.imgur.com/hE5M2.png

I used core, community and extra repostories, with core bein from the install cd itself, not from online. Then I chose base and base-devel packages and install packages.

mhertz

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

Check the md5 of the image, and check your vbox settings, so that you have enough hdd and mem, and that the partitions are big enough and then install base(+base-devel if wanted) and don't enable any of the repos other than the local core repo, and this should work, as i've tested the images many times latelly...

Edit: I see from your screenshot that you're downgrading alot of packages e.g. kernel 3.1.5 to 3.0.3, and that must be because you've first tried installing from the net, and then when something failed, you've gone back and deselected net-install and choosed to install from local core repo, which would do that then, so my advice is simply to start over(reboot), or again remake your blockdevices, so there's insn't allready a bunch of packages with wrong versions installed...

Last edited by mhertz (2011-12-24 01:32:40)

User_3MAfo/Y(fn:13

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Re: When installing Arch, the install packages error's and says 'could not

I managed to install arch by just using core files and nothing from web. Now I just have to manage to get LXDE to work (which is quite pain in the ass for newb like myself but its the de I enjoy most using on linux) on arch.