[SOLVED] Can't download from AUR

davly · 2015-08-25 23:14:26

Hi,

I started using Arch a couple of months ago (and really like it). I installed Packer as an AUR helper and used it to install several packages such as Chrome without any problems in the beginning. However, I recently noticed that Packer won't download anything from the AUR for me, for example trying to install Chrome gives:

Aur Targets    (1): google-chrome

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
warning: x86_64 missing from arch array
No PKGBUILD found in directory.

I thought it might have been a problem with Packer so I installed Yaourt and tried the same (shown trying to install Spotify as an example):

==> Downloading spotify PKGBUILD from AUR...
==> ERROR: spotify not found in AUR.

I've tried to install multiple packages with the same results. I haven't been able to find anyone else having the same problem. Has anyone any suggestions for what might be causing this? Any help is appreciated.

Last edited by davly (2015-08-29 16:31:33)

TidestManager1 · 2015-08-26 03:51:35

When was the last time you updated / used packer? I feel that this may be caused by the transition to the AUR4.
Would you be willing to try yaourt instead?

ewaller · 2015-08-26 04:06:12

Works fine here

ewaller@turing ~ 4681 %packer google-chrome
  
0 aur/google-chrome 44.0.2403.157-1 (1039)
    An attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser (Stable Channel)
1 aur/google-chrome-dev 46.0.2486.0-1 (564)
    An attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser (Dev Channel)
2 aur/google-chrome-beta 45.0.2454.46-1 (307)
    An attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser (Beta Channel)

Type numbers to install. Separate each number with a space.
Numbers: 0

Aur Targets    (1): google-chrome

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 

Edit google-chrome PKGBUILD with $EDITOR? [Y/n] n
Edit google-chrome.install with $EDITOR? [Y/n] n
==> Making package: google-chrome 44.0.2403.157-1 (Tue Aug 25 21:03:28 PDT 2015)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found eula_text.html
  -> Downloading google-chrome-stable_44.0.2403.157_amd64.deb...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 45.8M  100 45.8M    0     0  2912k      0  0:00:16  0:00:16 --:--:-- 3245k
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    eula_text.html ... Passed
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    google-chrome-stable_44.0.2403.157_amd64.deb ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting google-chrome-stable_44.0.2403.157_amd64.deb with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
  -> Extracting the data.tar.lzma...
^C
==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting...

My version info

ewaller@turing ~ 4685 %pacman -Qi packer
Name           : packer
Version        : 20150808-1
Description    : Bash wrapper for pacman and aur
Architecture   : any
URL            : http://github.com/keenerd/packer
Licenses       : GPL3
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : grep  sed  bash  curl  pacman  jshon  expac
Optional Deps  : sudo: install and update packages as non-root [installed]
                 customizepkg: apply customizepkg modifications
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :  26.00 KiB
Packager       : Unknown Packager
Build Date     : Sun 09 Aug 2015 09:37:54 AM PDT
Install Date   : Sun 09 Aug 2015 09:37:57 AM PDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : None

ewaller@turing ~ 4686 %

TidestManager1 wrote:

Would you be willing to try yaourt instead?

Please, no.

Last edited by ewaller (2015-08-26 04:09:57)

davly · 2015-08-26 10:12:44

I reinstalled Packer recently as I thought that might have helped. Here is my version info:

Name           : packer
Version        : 20150808-1
Description    : Bash wrapper for pacman and aur
Architecture   : any
URL            : http://github.com/keenerd/packer
Licenses       : GPL3
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : grep  sed  bash  curl  pacman  jshon  expac
Optional Deps  : sudo: install and update packages as non-root [installed]
                 customizepkg: apply customizepkg modifications
Required By    : None
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size :  50.00 KiB
Packager       : Unknown Packager
Build Date     : Fri 21 Aug 2015 17:22:15 IST
Install Date   : Fri 21 Aug 2015 17:22:24 IST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By   : None

I also mentioned in my original post that I tried Yaourt without any success.

Silkworm205 · 2015-08-26 10:41:14

Could their be some old conflicting configuration from the older version of packer designed for AUR3?

davly · 2015-08-26 11:05:15

Silkworm205 wrote:

Could their be some old conflicting configuration from the older version of packer designed for AUR3?

It seems unlikely to me given that Yaourt didn't work either. But I removed Packer and Yaourt with

sudo pacman -Rs packer yaourt

I then cleaned the cache with (I'm not sure where the packer config files are stored)

sudo pacman -Scc

and reinstalled packer only to get the same result.

Silkworm205 · 2015-08-26 12:21:17

pacman -Rs will remove a package along with its unecessary dependencies. The command to remove along with configs is pacman -Rn.
Most programs store their global configs in /etc/. Otherwise, user configs are somewhere in the users home folder. sometimes in a self titled folder, sometimes in ~/.config/, sometimes in another place.
EDIT: Let's also get another thing out there, your system is up to date and has the base-devel group installed hasn't it?

Last edited by Silkworm205 (2015-08-26 12:25:30)

davly · 2015-08-26 12:50:18

I did not find a packer directory in /etc/ ~/.config/ or ~/. I uninstalled Packer with pacman -Rn and reinstalled it without any change. My system is up to date (pacman -Syu) and I do have the base-devel group installed, though I replaced several of the packages with the multilib alternatives.
EDIT: I'm installing Packer according to this page, just in case one thinks I'm installing an old version of Packer.

Last edited by davly (2015-08-26 12:53:20)

karol · 2015-08-28 13:31:32

I suggest using the wiki instead of external guides: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages , although in this case the guide is just a bit clunky, not wrong.

I found similar errors in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1534324

davly · 2015-08-29 16:31:04

I fixed the issue, but I can't understand how it only came about recently and how I was the only one having it (my scouring the internet looking for a solution suggested as much). It boiled down to a issue with cURL. After Yaourt and Packer were having similar difficulties I wanted to try another helper; I installed Cower and had no trouble downloading targets from the AUR. Next I installed Pacaur, but like Yaourt and Packer, it wouldn't install packages; it threw the following error:

:: Package(s) spotify not found in repositories, trying AUR...
:: resolving dependencies...
:: Could not connect to the AUR

From this comment, I knew it must be a cURL problem. I tried connecting cURL to the AUR manually but got an error:

$ curl https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=packer
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none

I googled this error and found this SO answer. I copied the ca certificate as per the answer and everything was fixed! The original error thrown by Packer was not at all helpful, and has left a sour taste in my mouth, like kissing a lover you know has been unfaithful.

tl;dr:

$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/pki/tls/certs
$ sudo cp /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

Raynman · 2015-08-29 19:04:33

davly wrote:

I googled this error and found this SO answer. I copied the ca certificate as per the answer and everything was fixed! The original error thrown by Packer was not at all helpful, and has left a sour taste in my mouth, like kissing a lover you know has been unfaithful.
tl;dr:
$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/pki/tls/certs
$ sudo cp /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

I would have gone with one of the answers that tell curl where to look for the certificate file*, or even better, tried to figure out why curl is looking in the wrong place to begin with.

* a symlink would also be more helpful than a copy when you later come across this file that is not owned by any package and can't remember why it's there

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#1 2015-08-25 23:14:26

[SOLVED] Can't download from AUR

#2 2015-08-26 03:51:35

Re: [SOLVED] Can't download from AUR

#3 2015-08-26 04:06:12

Re: [SOLVED] Can't download from AUR

#4 2015-08-26 10:12:44

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#5 2015-08-26 10:41:14

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#6 2015-08-26 11:05:15

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