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iblicf

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Registered: 2007-11-17

Posts: 13

[solved]pacman error: failed to prepare transaction

[iblicf@myarch ~]$ sudo pacman -S inkscape
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "pyxml", a dependency of "inkscape"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: inkscape: requires pyxml

[iblicf@myarch ~]$ sudo pacman -S abiword
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "wv>=1.2.4", a dependency of "abiword"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: abiword: requires wv>=1.2.4

what's wrong with it  ? plz help

Last edited by iblicf (2008-03-05 03:54:10)

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: [solved]pacman error: failed to prepare transaction

try pacman -Syy first?  Maybe try a different mirror too (stick another one on top of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist)

iblicf

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Registered: 2007-11-17

Posts: 13

Re: [solved]pacman error: failed to prepare transaction

pacman -Syy  ，yeah , that works ... thanks

Last edited by iblicf (2008-03-05 03:55:08)