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getagrip

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 45

mirror confusion - can't be that hard

Allright, moved over from gentoo (did a cd install), installation went fast - pretty good - but now
as many others have experienced here in the forums I can't update jack.
updating does not work as I cannot use AAANNNYYY mirror here:
pacman -S pacman gives me 404 errors on ALL mirrors BECAUSE it lacks i686 in the url:

the system looks for

http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686/libarchive-2.4.0-2.pkg.tar.gz

INSTEAD OF libarchive-2.4.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

So the i686 is MISSING from the string.
Any way to get aroung this?

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: mirror confusion - can't be that hard

wget the file and -U it? Once you update pacman (which only needs a couple of packages), you'll be fixed up.

Last edited by stonecrest (2007-12-27 15:38:50)

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 1,872

Re: mirror confusion - can't be that hard

I wonder what's up with people thinking that using outdated install cds would work fine. Heck, this is a rolling release distro - don't complain if you're not using the latest stuff.

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getagrip

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 45

Re: mirror confusion - can't be that hard

I wonder what's up with people thinking that using outdated install cds would work fine

not much your highness, just trying to get on my way from an officially downloadable release cd.

wget the file and -U it? Once you update pacman (which only needs a couple of packages), you'll be fixed up.

that helped! I'm all set - thanx a lot!

Last edited by getagrip (2007-12-27 16:48:02)

Doehni

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: mirror confusion - can't be that hard

Welcome to Arch, getagrip!!
Hope, you'll enjoy the Arch experience!

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,167

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Re: mirror confusion - can't be that hard

Welcome to Arch!

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