Arch Linux

thingol

Member

Registered: 2008-03-06

Posts: 3

[SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

Hi

When I try to install something with pacman I got an error message
for example :

pacman -S audacity

error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/extra could not be read.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/community could not be read.

could you help me to fix the problem please

Thanks

Last edited by thingol (2008-03-06 17:29:36)

uastasi

Member

From: Salento - Italy

Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 247

Re: [SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

- How long didn't you use pacman?
- What's the result of

cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep Include

---

Till the last battle, till the last bottle.
aur - twitter

thingol

Member

Registered: 2008-03-06

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

I use pacman yesterday and there was no problem
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep Include

#Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable

Last edited by thingol (2008-03-06 13:53:15)

Cerebral

Forum Fellow

From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

Website

Re: [SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

Look for an /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew - merge the changes over.

in particular, you should now be using Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist for everything

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 792

Re: [SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

There have been lots of configuration file changes recently.  You probably have other files that need to be merged.

Do a
ls -l /etc/*pac*

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacnew_files

thingol

Member

Registered: 2008-03-06

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED]error: config file /etc/pacman.d/core could not be read.

Thanks for your answers

I had a pacman.conf.pacnew file in /etc
I merged the changes and it worked

:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                      23.6K   44.4K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
extra                    311.5K  233.0K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
community                345.6K  225.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%

Thank you very much

thingol