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sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

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[SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

When I tried to install django, pacman reported 404 error.
And I found that pacman tried to install django-1.4.3-1 while the resposity I used only has django-1.4.4-1
I've deleted all resposities except

Server = http://mirrors.163.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

And then I tried

pacman -Syy

but it seems useless.

Last edited by sandnon (2013-02-20 17:12:55)

sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

I found the reason now...
Because the 163.com's repository does not have django..
I add

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch

to the first and then

pacman -Syy

At last, I can install django now..

I think this topic can be marked as SOLVED. Should I mark it or the administrator will do this?(In fact I do not know how to mark it.:))

Last edited by sandnon (2013-02-20 17:11:41)

x33a

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

Please edit the title and add [solved] to it.

sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

Please edit the title and add [solved] to it.

Thanks for telling me how to mark it. I have not idea how to do it before..

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

I found the reason now...
Because the 163.com's repository does not have django..
I add

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch

to the first and then

pacman -Syy

At last, I can install django now..

I think this topic can be marked as SOLVED. Should I mark it or the administrator will do this?(In fact I do not know how to mark it.:))

You shouldn't use ftp.archlinux.org, it's throttled. Use another mirror instead.

doug piston

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From: Seattle

Registered: 2011-09-11

Posts: 387

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

Also use more than  one. Try Reflector to get a quality mirrorlist.

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sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

I found the reason now...
Because the 163.com's repository does not have django..
I add

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch

to the first and then

pacman -Syy

At last, I can install django now..

I think this topic can be marked as SOLVED. Should I mark it or the administrator will do this?(In fact I do not know how to mark it.:))

You shouldn't use ftp.archlinux.org, it's throttled. Use another mirror instead.

I just use ftp.archlinux.org occacionally to fix the problem.
Sometimes I don't want to wait the mirror updating itself.

sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

Also use more than  one. Try Reflector to get a quality mirrorlist.

I tried that and found it seems a program like rankmirror

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

rankmirrors only ranks mirrors you already have in your mirrorlist and only ranks them on their connection speed.  Reflector can check all mirrors, and can rank them by when they were last updated and based on connection speed.

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sandnon

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Registered: 2011-11-21

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman try to install old version packages which not exists

rankmirrors only ranks mirrors you already have in your mirrorlist and only ranks them on their connection speed.  Reflector can check all mirrors, and can rank them by when they were last updated and based on connection speed.

I found it doesn't check all the mirrors. Because it recommends me some mirrors in Franch, however, I lived in China and some mirrors in China supply quicker service.
I don't know if it's a bug. But when I add country option, it works well.

Last edited by sandnon (2013-04-16 02:11:33)