[SOLVED] Pacman broken, tried reinstalling

foreveraloneguy · 2012-01-25 22:27:31

Hey all,

I just installed Arch on my system.
Tried to install new packages using pacman, but I got the errors that the 'extra' and 'community' databases don't exist.

I tried to check in the conf file, but couldn't see any errors. Where do I have to check?

I also tried to reinstall using the script form the sticky post:

#!/bin/bash

arch=`uname -m`

mirror=ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/


# link to cache (or download) and extract: openssl,libarchive,libfetch,pacman
cd /tmp
for pkg in openssl-1.0.0.e-1 libarchive-2.8.5-2 libfetch-2.33-3 pacman-3.5.4-4; do
    pkgname=${pkg}-${arch}.pkg.tar.gz
    if [[ -e /var/cache/pacman/pkg/${pkgname} ]]; then
        ln -sf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/${pkgname} .
    else
        wget -c ${mirror}/core/os/${arch}/${pkgname} || exit 1
    fi
    tar -xvpzf ${pkgname} -C / --exclude .PKGINFO --exclude .INSTALL || exit 1
done

# now reinstall using pacman to update the local pacman db 
pacman -Sf openssl libarchive libfetch pacman || exit 1

# now update your system
pacman -Syu

Of course i updated the package names to the recent updates. But duh(!!!) how can it work, when it's using pacman to install pacman...

So. I'm kinda lost here.

Thanks for any help!

Last edited by foreveraloneguy (2012-01-26 00:19:43)

WorMzy · 2012-01-25 22:37:37

Are extra and community uncommented in /etc/pacman.conf?

[extra]
#SigLevel = PackageOptional
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

...

[community]
#SigLevel = PackageOptional
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Have you uncommented some sources in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist?

Have you -Sy'd

sudo pacman -Sy

Raynman · 2012-01-25 22:42:29

Showing us the exact errors might help, but it does remind me of a recent thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134315

foreveraloneguy · 2012-01-25 22:55:43

Well. Next time I should refresh (-Sy) did the trick. I already uncommented sources.
Thanks guys!

Nice community!

fsckd · 2012-01-25 23:22:50

I should point out it's not always wise to -Sy. Instead -Syu as it is safer.

Also, please mark this thread as solved (assuming it is solved) as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post
Thanks!

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#1 2012-01-25 22:27:31

[SOLVED] Pacman broken, tried reinstalling

#2 2012-01-25 22:37:37

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman broken, tried reinstalling

#3 2012-01-25 22:42:29

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman broken, tried reinstalling

#4 2012-01-25 22:55:43

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman broken, tried reinstalling

#5 2012-01-25 23:22:50

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