[SOLVED]Pacman systemd missing file

Arch3R · 2014-11-29 18:43:32

Everytime when I run pacman I get this error:

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/systemd-217-8/desc: No such file or directory

I think i messed up something when upgrading system.
Can you help me to solve this issue?
Thanks

Last edited by Arch3R (2014-11-29 19:14:08)

Stefan Husmann · 2014-11-29 18:57:44

Does reinstalling systemd or libsystemd help?

Trilby · 2014-11-29 18:58:14

Just reinstall systemd:

pacman -S systemd

select yes if it prompts due to it already being installed.

You might also want to run `pacman -Qk` to see if any other packages have been damaged.

EDIT: I just did some silly trial and error and deleted that file from my system (probably would have been smarter to move/rename it). Reinstalling systemd failed due to a conflicting file error as all the files for the package are there, but the pacman database doesn't realize they belong to that package. In this case I used --force with the single specific package:

pacman -S --force systemd

Note that this use of --force is an apparent necessity to fix this specific problem. This does not support using it when uncertain why something fails - I knew why it was failing.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-11-29 19:01:55)

Arch3R · 2014-11-29 19:13:47

Thanks everyone problem is solved by running

pacman -S --force systemd

WorMzy · 2014-11-29 20:03:27

You don't even need to force the install, you can just use --dbonly to recreate the missing database file.

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#1 2014-11-29 18:43:32

[SOLVED]Pacman systemd missing file

#2 2014-11-29 18:57:44

Re: [SOLVED]Pacman systemd missing file

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman systemd missing file

#4 2014-11-29 19:13:47

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Re: [SOLVED]Pacman systemd missing file

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