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guerch

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Registered: 2014-09-11

Posts: 31

pacman error: could not open file [SOLVED]

pacman -Syu 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 infinality-bundle is up to date
 infinality-bundle-fonts is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libreoffice-still-5.1.6-1/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: could not fully load metadata for package libreoffice-still-5.1.6-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
 

I have tried to use the --force option with no results
Also tried to pacman -Rs libreoffice-still  and pacman -S libreoffice-still with no results

any hints on how to fix this issue?

Thanks

Last edited by guerch (2016-12-03 14:31:44)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,559

Re: pacman error: could not open file [SOLVED]

It's a text file. Create it, then reinstall that package.

guerch

Member

Registered: 2014-09-11

Posts: 31

Re: pacman error: could not open file [SOLVED]

Thank you  Scimmia, after creating the /desc and /files  files you need to reinstall using the --force option as the files already exists in the system, this solves the issue