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#1 2016-01-20 00:15:12

ralvez
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multilib.db error [SOLVED]

I made a new install of Arch in one of my systems but when I  add the [multilib] db to pacman.conf, upon running pacman Syu I get:

error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from archlinux.mirror.rafal.ca : The requested URL returned error: 404

I cannot figure why for the life of me. My other systems have it enabled and I get no complaints. sad

Can anyone shed light on the mystery?

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#2 2016-01-20 06:21:17

x33a
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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

Have you tried changing your mirror?

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#3 2016-01-20 06:23:35

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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

I'm going to assume you're running 686, since it looks like your mirror does not mirror 686 multilib packages: http://archlinux.mirror.rafal.ca/multilib/os/i686/

Change your mirror.

Not a Pacman issue; Moving to NC.

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#4 2016-01-20 07:05:27

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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

There is no i686 multilib packages anywhere...

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#5 2016-01-20 14:08:37

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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

@Allan,
You mean that support for 32bit libraries in a 64bit system is no longer available? I sort of suspected that could be the issue ... but I have not seen any "formal" announcement .

@fukai2,
Yes, it is i686 you are correct. I did took the mirrors from another i686 arch box but that did not solve the problem. Perhaps it is related to what Allan is saying.

@x33a,
Yes I did

R.

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#6 2016-01-20 14:26:13

ayekat
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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

ralvez wrote:

Yes, it is i686 you are correct.

You mean that support for 32bit libraries in a 64bit system is no longer available? I sort of suspected that could be the issue ... but I have not seen any "formal" announcement .

I think you have not seen a "formal" announcement because there has never been a [multilib] for i686¹. smile

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¹ If there had been, I would have expected it to be some magical thing that allows you to use 64-bit libraries on a 32-bit machine. At most.

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#7 2016-01-20 15:16:16

Scimmia
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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

ralvez wrote:

You mean that support for 32bit libraries in a 64bit system is no longer available? I sort of suspected that could be the issue ... but I have not seen any "formal" announcement .

32bit libraries in a 64bit system is still available. But you didn't install a 64bit system.

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#8 2016-01-20 21:38:29

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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

Allan wrote:

There is no i686 multilib packages anywhere...

I probably should have been quicker on that pick up....

@ralvez - [multilib] on a 32-bit system makes no sense, why are you even trying to add that to your system? Are you blindly copying and pasting instructions for something.................?

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#9 2016-01-21 01:45:45

ralvez
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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

@fukawi2,
Nope ... I'm not blindly copying anything smile
But in order to run 32 bit apps in a 62 bit system we need the 32 bit libs. Even Arch has a wiki page for that here
So ... that's why I was interested in the multilib repo.
I, howerver, just became aware of the reason for my "problem" ... keep reading below.

@Scimmia,
I'll be dammed!! I just realized after you said it that perhaps I had goofed and did not install a 62bit system. It never occurred to me that I may have clicked the wrong option in the install CD  and so I did a 

uname -m 

and of course it was : i686

So of course!! What I was trying to do will never work.
I'll re-install the system again.

Thank you all.
I guess Albert Einstein was right :"The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits" wink

Sorry for wasting your time.

R.


/** hides in the shadows quickly **/

Edit: Looking back at what I posted I even wrote it was i686 !! I cannot believe I did not snap out of it then tongue

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#10 2016-01-21 04:57:23

x33a
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Re: multilib.db error [SOLVED]

Also, please do not install a 62 bit iso from somewhere wink

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