Packages already installed when using pacman.

riwa · 2006-04-16 22:25:46

I just installed Arch with enlightenment (I think) and some other packages (since my previous installations didn't work at all) but I get a strange message from pacman.

[SOME JIBBERISH ABOUT THE PACKAGES 
ALREADY FOUND IN THE SYSTEM]

errors ocurred: no packages were installed

/mzpunk

T-Dawg · 2006-04-16 23:02:39

If those messages were refering to files already existing in the hard drive, do pacman -Qo /path/to/file. If pacman returns no package owns it, its safe to force (-f) otherwise post those results here.

riwa · 2006-04-16 23:34:01

Well it didn't find it but the force option worked nice. However I can't launch the program installed. Does it have anything to do with my PATH variable? If so, does "man -k"/"apropos" also depend on PATH? Because I can't find anything at all with that command.

T-Dawg · 2006-04-16 23:40:19

try doing

source /etc/profile.d/*

or logout and in again.

riwa · 2006-04-17 00:06:44

It only spits: "Server not found" over the whole screen. I'll try rebooting it. However, something must be wrong. Do i really have to force every pacman to make it work?

T-Dawg · 2006-04-17 01:35:34

No you should not have to force pacman everytime -it should be a rare occurance. As for your other problem it would help to know what package you are talking about to be able to help.
Start a new thread about it and provide the link to it here.

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#1 2006-04-16 22:25:46

Packages already installed when using pacman.

#2 2006-04-16 23:02:39

Re: Packages already installed when using pacman.

#3 2006-04-16 23:34:01

Re: Packages already installed when using pacman.

#4 2006-04-16 23:40:19

Re: Packages already installed when using pacman.

#5 2006-04-17 00:06:44

Re: Packages already installed when using pacman.

#6 2006-04-17 01:35:34

Re: Packages already installed when using pacman.

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