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dluco

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Registered: 2013-08-30

Posts: 22

[SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

Hi,
I've tried to install a couple packages from the AUR, but when I run "makepkg -s", I get this error:

/usr/bin/env: No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 127
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

I'm sorry if this is something terribly simple, but I can't find any mention of /usr/bin/env anywhere.

I have coreutils installed, which I believe env is part of.

Thank you for any help!

Last edited by dluco (2013-09-24 01:37:11)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

Is /usr/bin/env present in your system?
What's the output of

file /usr/bin/env
uname -m

Last edited by karol (2013-09-11 21:18:55)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

This is a longshot guess, but did you have issues with (or just ignore) the not-so-recent manual intervention update for the binaries move?

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dluco

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Registered: 2013-08-30

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

@karol, this is what I got:

$ file /usr/bin/env
/usr/bin/env: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/bin/env' (No such file or directory)
$ uname -m
i686

@Trilby, I had no idea that there was a manual intervention update, so it would be safe to say that I might be having issues with it... What is it exactly/where can I find info on it?

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

The /usr/bin/env is provided by the coreutils package. 

You didn't run into issues when there was the move from /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin → /usr/bin ?  This happened back in the beginning of June!  You need to read the front page news.

If this is the case, I am venturing to guess that your system is probably not actually up to date, and even that you might have been doing partial updates for some time now…

Edit: Check /bin, /sbin, and /usr/sbin and see if they are symlinks pointing to /usr/bin.  If they are, you apparently made it through that update unscathed.  If they are not, well…

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-09-23 16:25:19)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,543

Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

env is part of coreutils and has been at /usr/bin/env since Aug 2012. Either your installation is damaged or it's extremely out of date.

Last edited by Scimmia (2013-09-23 16:28:19)

dluco

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Registered: 2013-08-30

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Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

All of /bin, /sbin, and /usr/sbin point to /usr/bin, so I guess that's okay! My installation is relatively new (~1 month), so I never had to do a manual intervention.
Is it possible to reinstall coreutils, or is my installation toast?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

"pacman -Syu coreutils" should get you up and going, just watch for other problems cropping up. Could be anything from an accidental deletion to a bad disk.

Last edited by Scimmia (2013-09-23 16:43:58)

dluco

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Registered: 2013-08-30

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

It all works perfectly now!
I'm not sure what caused env to be missing, but reinstalling coreutils fixed it.
Thank you everyone!