[SOLVED] error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument

wudupa · 2022-08-29 08:56:49

When I type 'pacman -Syu' or any pacman command, I get errors but pacman is working.

❯ sudo pacman -Syu
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument passed)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do

Ive looked all over for solutions. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Last edited by wudupa (2022-08-30 13:01:39)

Allan · 2022-08-29 08:58:16

I'm guessing an issue with your pacman.conf. Can you post a copy?

wudupa · 2022-08-30 05:18:13

here is a copy of my pacman.conf but there are several pacman.conf on my computer. This one was in /etc

# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ILoveCandy
ParallelDownloads = 5

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

Allan · 2022-08-30 05:25:53

Using code tags keeps formatting.

The errors are all due to whatever is at the bottom of your pacman.conf

[]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

No idea what this is and where it came from.

wudupa · 2022-08-30 05:47:25

[SOLVED]

I commented out the last section and the errors gone away.

Thanks!

WorMzy · 2022-08-30 09:36:06

Please remember to mark your thread as solved by editing the first post and amending the topic title. Also, in the future, please use code tags around terminal output/config files.

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#1 2022-08-29 08:56:49

[SOLVED] error: could not register '' database (wrong or NULL argument

#2 2022-08-29 08:58:16

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