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praxis

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 16

pacman fails to remove programs

pacman is failing to remove applications:

root /var/lib/pacman/local  #  pacman -Rsnv kdemod/kdemod-kdemultimedia-kscd
Root      : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path   : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File  : /var/log/pacman.log
Targets   : kscd
loading package data... failed.
error: failed to add target 'kscd' (could not find or read package)

the packagee does exist:

root /var/lib/pacman/local  #  pacman -Qs kscd
local/kdemod-kdemultimedia-kscd 3.5.8-4 (kdemod-kdemultimedia)
    Audio-CD Player

however, the problem is resolved if i force a reinstallation of the program.  It seems to me that i have some sort of cache problem.

thanks in advance:D

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 9,939

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Re: pacman fails to remove programs

Try "pacman -Rsnv kdemod-kdemultimedia-kscd".  I.e. don't put the repo before the package name.

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praxis

Member

Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 16

Re: pacman fails to remove programs

wow im more than brilliant....  thanks it solved the problem.