[Solved]Fresh Install, cannot update

b00st · 2008-01-27 21:06:52

I'm having problems updating arch after install (installing from lastest iso available). Pacman seemed to update ok, but once I start trying to install xorg and start getting anything having to do with getting a usable system, pacman starts throwing errors of files already existing on the filesystem and stops. The only way I get anything installed is to force it, but it doesn't really explain why it's happening in the first place, nor does it fixes the problem.

Last edited by b00st (2008-02-03 04:25:12)

McQueen · 2008-01-27 21:59:14

Can you post a few examples of the error messages immediately following the command?

b00st · 2008-01-27 23:14:58

Um, i don't know how you save outputs from the terminal, but it's something like "/path/to/file already exist on the filesystem" then at the end before it exits, it says "Error, cannot update files" or something like that.

byte · 2008-01-28 03:27:17

/var/log/pacman.log

DeeCodeUh · 2008-01-28 03:45:05

That's weird, I had the same problem just two hours ago.
I fixed it with re-installing arch.
It was a problem with hal, I tried to update it, and it gave me that same error.
I'm sure there's a better way of fixing this though...

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b00st · 2008-01-28 22:52:30

byte wrote:

/var/log/pacman.log

errors didn't show up on there.

Anyway, here is an example using the last 2 lines before i am dropped back to prompt, i was trying to install xorg:

gcc-libs: /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libstdc++.mo exists in filesystem
Erros occurred, no packages were upgraded.

This happens to a bunch of packages, from what i was able to see, zlib, glibc,ncurses, etc.

byte · 2008-01-28 23:02:00

pacman -Sy gcc-libs && pacman -Su

b00st · 2008-01-28 23:06:53

byte wrote:

pacman -Sy gcc-libs && pacman -Su

Same error happens.

b00st · 2008-01-29 14:29:23

No one knows why I'm getting this error???

McQueen · 2008-01-30 06:33:19

Sounds like you are getting file conflicts when installing with pacman. I would copy one of the guilty files and then remove it from the complaining location -- then try the install again. You could use the force option but before going there I would play it safe to see if that really is the issue.

b00st · 2008-01-30 23:43:45

McQueen wrote:

Sounds like you are getting file conflicts when installing with pacman. I would copy one of the guilty files and then remove it from the complaining location -- then try the install again. You could use the force option but before going there I would play it safe to see if that really is the issue.

Nah, I won't try that route, already did a force once and ended have to reinstall. This is getting me very frustrated.

Crooksey · 2008-01-31 15:36:39

pacman -Sy
pacman -Sfu

Should do it, im not sure if pacman -Syfu will work, so try breaking it up into two commands, should just force the upgrade, shouldn't damage anything either.

AlmaMater · 2008-01-31 16:24:20

This might be a stupid question.. but

In the mounting process in the installation, did you make sure that you created the filesystem?? not just mounting?? (yeah im talking about formatting)

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b00st · 2008-01-31 22:39:05

AlmaMater wrote:

This might be a stupid question.. but
In the mounting process in the installation, did you make sure that you created the filesystem?? not just mounting?? (yeah im talking about formatting)

Yes and it's still giving me that error whether i partition/format using arch install or gparted. So I'm not sure where to go to next. I don't understand why i'm getting this in the first place. The other times I've installed arch, I've never had this problem.

@Crooksey, I said I already try forcing it and it broke my install.

Now I'm just getting agitated I'm not sure where I'm going wrong, when everything installed just fine to begin with.

b00st · 2008-02-02 16:21:40

Could it be a permissions issue?

tigrmesh · 2008-02-02 18:04:40

You may not have set the locale correctly on install. I've done it - just skipped that part - then I got lots of crazy errors. There's probably a better way to fix it than to reinstall, but that's what I did. It worked.

b00st · 2008-02-03 04:24:45

tigrmesh wrote:

You may not have set the locale correctly on install. I've done it - just skipped that part - then I got lots of crazy errors. There's probably a better way to fix it than to reinstall, but that's what I did. It worked.

Thank you, that seemed to have been the source of my problem. Was just about ready to give up. Problem solved.

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