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kademiac

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From: Antwerp

Registered: 2022-05-23

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

Since this morning, pacman doesn't work as supposed to anymore.
When I try to install a package, bottom in the example below, everything installs fine without errors, but when you try to run the program, nothing seems to be installed.

charel@archtop ~ % sudo pacman -S bottom 
[sudo] password for charel: 
warning: bottom-0.6.8-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) bottom-0.6.8-1

Total Installed Size:  4.54 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                         [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                       [############################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                            [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                      [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                    [############################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling bottom                              [############################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
charel@archtop ~ % bottom
zsh: command not found: bottom
charel@archtop ~ % 

How do i start troubleshooting this?

Last edited by kademiac (2022-05-23 13:32:54)

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,645

Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

I don't see a "bottom" executable in the file list for that package. There is "/usr/bin/btm" but no "bottom".

https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/inst … -on-linux/

Moving to Newbie Corner.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

You don't "run" packages, you run executable binaries in your PATH.  There is no "bottom" binary provided by the bottom package.

EDIT: too slow.

Last edited by Trilby (2022-05-23 13:20:41)

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

Pacman is working fine. The package bottom doesn't contain a command called bottom.

pacman -Ql bottom | grep /usr/bin

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kademiac

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From: Antwerp

Registered: 2022-05-23

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

thank you all.

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

Please remember to mark the thread as [SOLVED].
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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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dogknowsnx

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman doesn't install packages

Also FYI

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