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polv

Member

Registered: 2021-04-27

Posts: 42

[Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

This includes
- Lilypond
- GNOME
- MATE

Errors look like this,

error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from asia.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.osbeck.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror.it : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.chaoticum.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.f4st.host : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.pseudoform.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.thaller.ws : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.square-r00t.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.telepoint.bg : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.mirror.constant.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.mailtunnel.eu : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from america.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.za.mirror.allworldit.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from phinau.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arlm.tyzoid.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'mate-session-manager-1.24.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
 mate-screensaver...     4.5 MiB  6.58 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
 mate-sensors-app...   255.1 KiB  24.9 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-system-moni...  2009.9 KiB  23.6 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-terminal-1....  1368.9 KiB  23.9 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-user-share-...   691.8 KiB  14.4 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-utils-1.24....     6.6 MiB  21.1 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mozo-1.24.1-1-any     110.8 KiB  10.8 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 pluma-1.24.2-1-x...     2.7 MiB  21.9 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 marco-1.24.2-1-x...  1140.1 KiB  25.9 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-backgrounds...    44.5 MiB  25.3 MiB/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
 mate-settings-da...   637.4 KiB  36.6 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-control-cen...     2.6 MiB  5.03 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
 mate-icon-theme-...    13.5 MiB  16.8 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
 mate-notificatio...   121.6 KiB  0.00   B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-polkit-1.24...    64.9 KiB  4.53 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-themes-3.22...     5.3 MiB  30.1 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
 mate-user-guide-...     7.8 MiB  30.9 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
error installing repo packages

Last edited by polv (2021-05-11 17:26:19)

Slithery

Administrator

From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

Read the 2nd line of bolded text.

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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polv

Member

Registered: 2021-04-27

Posts: 42

Re: [Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

nvm,

pacman -S mate mate-extra

doesn't work, but

pacman -Syu mate mate-extra

does

mate-session-manager needs to be 1.24.3-1

divVaral

Member

Registered: 2021-05-11

Posts: 17

Re: [Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

Try changing mirrors.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mirrors

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,729

Re: [Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

Changing mirrors isn't going to help, their system was just too out of date.

polv

Member

Registered: 2021-04-27

Posts: 42

Re: [Solved]Pacman getting 404 when trying to install some common packages

Try changing mirrors.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mirrors

I did think of that first, and tried to fix using reflector.

Unfortunately, that is a WRONG ANSWER.

package index is out of date, and pacman repo doesn't keep older packages.