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izzyhard

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

well, after i tried to install CalibreOffice, pacman is showing this messages when i try to do 'pacman -Suy' or install any other package 'pacman -S bc', for example

sudo pacman -S bc
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db: Unrecognized archive format

please, help me, im stuck in this... i've just installed Arch Linux..

Last edited by izzyhard (2012-02-08 17:13:06)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

Which installation image did you use? What's the output of 'pacman -Q pacman'?

izzyhard

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

i used core x86_64..

and the output :

pacman -Q pacman
pacman 4.0.1-4

skazhy

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2009-07-01

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

The same thing happened to me too, also using pacman 4.0.1-4

null

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 398

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

have you tried $ pacman -Syy for re downloading the *.db ?

izzyhard

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

yes, but the problem persists =/

i think i erased some library, but i don't know which

Last edited by izzyhard (2012-02-08 15:43:09)

leonelhermetica

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

hello I had the same problem as you ..
I clarify that I am using the google translator because I speak Spanish, and I registered just to tell you how it solved:
delete the folder /var/lib/pacman/sync/
and all its contents

# rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync/

and then

# pacman -Syuf

anything send me a mail...
I hope it is solved Greetings from Argentina!

Last edited by leonelhermetica (2012-02-08 16:47:16)

izzyhard

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

hey, it worked !!

thank you man, i'll put solved to the title..

leonelhermetica

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

very good!!!
this is good free software!!!
makes me very happy have helped ...

milomak

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Registered: 2009-11-04

Posts: 61

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

hello I had the same problem as you ..
I clarify that I am using the google translator because I speak Spanish, and I registered just to tell you how it solved:
delete the folder /var/lib/pacman/sync/
and all its contents

# rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync/

and then

# pacman -Syuf

anything send me a mail...
I hope it is solved Greetings from Argentina!

tried this but i still get the same problem.

edit - it seems it is repo related. changed mirrorlist around and no more errors.

Last edited by milomak (2012-02-12 23:39:39)

korokos

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2013-01-12

Posts: 8

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Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

I experienced same problem today on regular update command and deleting sync folder solved the problem like leonelhermetica told.

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mariusmeyer

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 244

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

@leonelhermetica: You should be really careful about the -f flag. I think in this case you would have accomplished what you wanted with just a -Syyu.

produnis

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-09-29

Posts: 50

Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

thx mariusmeyer, I had the same problem today, and a -Syyu   solved the problem

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Unrecognized archive format (core.db,extra.db,etc)

Please don't necrobump, produnis.

Closing.

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