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smuj

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 12

pacman install doesnt work...

I have looked all around for this, but havent found it elsewhere, and am an archlinux newbie, so:

i tried installing kdemod using

pacman -S kdemod-complete

but it comes up with

:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error : failed retrieving file 'libraw1396-1.2.1-1.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error : failed retrieving file 'qca-1.0-3.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error : failed retrieving file 'qca-tls-1.0-3.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error : failed retrieving file 'tptcl-4.15-1.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error : failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)

I have tried pacman-Sy first with no luck.

Can anybody help me?

Last edited by smuj (2007-12-26 16:20:26)

F

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Registered: 2006-10-09

Posts: 322

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

perhaps change your mirrors. And make sure you're root. Also do a pacman -Syu first, and see if that works.

tlaloc

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From: Lower Saxony

Registered: 2006-05-12

Posts: 359

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

It is not a pacman problem. You should really read this:
http://kdemod.ath.cx/installation.html

smuj

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 12

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

Yes I followed the instructions on kdemod.ath.cx. I did do a pacman -Syu first, sorry i forgot to mention this. I have also tried the other mirror it suggests on kdemod.ath.cx, but had the same problem.

(edit): just to explain what i did about the mirrors, I also tried using the rankmirrors script for all the files in /etc/pacman.d/. Are these mirrors that are the problem? i also changed the mirror in  /etc/pacman.conf to the other one in the instructions on kdemod.ath.cx, but as i said had the same problem.

thanks

Last edited by smuj (2007-12-26 17:14:28)

somairotevoli

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Registered: 2006-05-23

Posts: 335

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

If you are only getting the error w/ the extra repo, then try a different extra mirror. Ranking the mirrors is only going to show which one is "fastest" but not necessarily a mirror that is up-to-date.

smuj

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 12

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

sorry i dont quite understand (never used arch before...). I think that kdemod has its own repository, which i added into /etc/pacman.conf. so this mirror was not ranked, i just did that as a precaution. i did try changing the mirror to the other one suggested by kdemod.ath.cx/installation.html, but had the same problem. As far as I know there are no other mirrors. that would suggest that the problem is not with the mirrors, as neither works... but i dont really understand this.

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

But the errors you are getting are for packages from extra repo not the kde-mod repo.  Try changing the extra repo server in /etc/pacman.d/extra (the server that's highest on the list is checked first).

smuj

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 12

Re: pacman install doesnt work...

yaay that seems to have worked. Thanks people. Although it would suggest that a number of mirrors do not have the packages; i had to try quite a few before i found one that worked.