[SOLVED] Pacman cannot open the `hooks` directory

Bqyden · 2024-02-10 15:50:20

I'd consider myself fairly new to linux, but especially to arch. after trying to update packages with `sudo pacman -Syu`, the package manager returns an error that it cannot open a directory to `hooks/`. I've never messed with anything associated with pacman, so I'm just confused why the directory isn't there to begin with.

as a seemingly important note:
I do have a file titled `hooks` in the directory `etc/pacman.d` which is populated, but no folder.

Last edited by Bqyden (2024-02-11 13:35:25)

seth · 2024-02-10 15:56:01

I do have a file titled `hooks` in the directory `etc/pacman.d` which is populated, but no folder.

And why is that there?

stat /etc/pacman.d/hooks # the creation date might tell you something
pacman -Qo /etc/pacman.d/hooks # this better be "no package owns this nonsense"

Bqyden · 2024-02-10 16:24:43

ah, thank you!

`stat` says the birth date is 02-05, just a couple days after I first installed arch
`pacman -Qo /etc/pacman.d/hooks` thankfully does return that no packages own the file

seth · 2024-02-10 16:40:00

Ok, simply remove it.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Bqyden · 2024-02-10 16:57:53

alright, I will delete the file. but what about the missing directory? should I make the folder myself? will pacman recognize it's missing and make a new one?

seth · 2024-02-10 17:00:53

You're not missing anything there - packages will put hooks into /usr/share/libalpm/hooks
If you want to add your own hooks to /etc (or shadow repo hooks there, no idea whether that works, though), you'll of course have to create the directory, yes.

loqs · 2024-02-10 17:12:25

seth wrote:

If you want to add your own hooks to /etc (or shadow repo hooks there, no idea whether that works, though).

It does at least for overriding. Not tested sym-linking to /dev/null.

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[SOLVED] Pacman cannot open the `hooks` directory

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