[SOLVED] warning: failed to retrieve some files

Problemer · 2012-03-12 22:12:49

Hello ,

I am new to ArchLinux and i have been struggeling with pacman today. I cant get it to download pakages from the mirrors. I have downloaded pakages through the archlinux.org website and used the command "pacman -U". But "pacman -S" only generates error messages.

--2012-03-12 23:06:50--  [url]ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/eclipse-3.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz[/url]
           => `/var/cache/pacman/pkg/eclipse-3.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part'
Resolving [url=ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se]ftp.ds.hj.se[/url]... 193.10.239.170
Connecting to [url=ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se]ftp.ds.hj.se[/url]|193.10.239.170|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/os/linux/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64 ... done.
==> SIZE eclipse-3.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR eclipse-3.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ... 
No such file `eclipse-3.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'.

warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (error invoking external downloader)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I have changed dns to 8.8.8.8 and i have uncommented the wget line in pacman.conf but still no positive result. I have also uncommented several mirrors in the mirror list.

Any clues?

Best Regards
Problemer

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Found this thread one day later : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130138
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Last edited by Problemer (2012-03-13 16:49:33)

jasonwryan · 2012-03-12 22:16:42

You are trying to download a package that no longer exists...

Read up on rank mirrors and pick an up-to-date one.

# edit: also, please use [ code ] tags.

Last edited by jasonwryan (2012-03-12 22:17:50)

Problemer · 2012-03-12 22:21:19

I will do that , but i have tried so many diffrent pakages and mirrors. But i will give it a try.

Problemer · 2012-03-12 23:05:09

Ok... So now i have generated a new mirrorlist through the wiki. I guess that the lower the score the better the mirror is.
I have tried several new pakages and one of them was chromium.

--2012-03-12 23:59:22--  http://mirror.devnu11.net/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/chromium-14.0.835.202-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Resolving mirror.devnu11.net... 78.46.68.28
Connecting to mirror.devnu11.net|78.46.68.28|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2012-03-12 23:59:22 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Still nothing... Any guess? Excuse the spoon feeding approch but i'm tired of this now

Last edited by Problemer (2012-03-12 23:05:35)

jasonwryan · 2012-03-12 23:29:20

You have the same issue: non-existent package

As well as updating your mirror list, you have to sync it. This probably means that your install is not up-to-date as well. Fix that, then install $package

pacman -Syy && pacman -Syu
pacman -S $package

All of this is thoroughly documented: you should spend some time reading - it will make your life easier and you will feel more alert and perky...

Problemer · 2012-03-12 23:33:30

Thank you , i managed to download one pakage now and was thinking of doing the update. And , i am reading.

Cheers , best regards.
Problemer

jasonwryan · 2012-03-12 23:39:00

Enjoy your reading. Please mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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[SOLVED] warning: failed to retrieve some files

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