[SOLVED] Slicehost install doesn't see some packages

foxbunny · 2008-06-27 10:59:19

I've tried to install courier-imap on a slicehost account. It's a virtual private server running Arch x86_64, and it, naturally, uses the 64-bit repos. Now, I checked the package search on archlinux.org and courier-imap is definitely listed in [extra].

Has anyone had similar problems on slicehost?

Last edited by foxbunny (2008-06-27 14:11:30)

Dusty · 2008-06-27 12:33:18

Have you tried a different mirror and/or browsing the mirror directly and wgetting the package. I can't imagine a link between pacman not finding a package and the host its installed on.

Dusty

foxbunny · 2008-06-27 13:51:16

Tried different mirrors, but to no avail. All courier-* packages are missing (the ones from [extra]). I'll have to fetch the packages manually, I guess, since courier-imap won't build with ABS.

foxbunny · 2008-06-27 14:06:33

After a bit more research, it turned out absolutely NO packages from extra are available. Can I somehow force pacman to sync local database again?

Allan · 2008-06-27 14:08:00

"pacman -Syy" will sync the databases again.

Also, check your pacman.conf has extra enabled (it has happened before...).

foxbunny · 2008-06-27 14:11:10

Ok, solved. I've simply deleted /var/pacman/sync/extra and resynced the DB. I have all packages now.

foxbunny · 2008-06-27 14:12:11

Allan wrote:

"pacman -Syy" will sync the databases again.

Is that documented somewhere? I swear I did pacman -S --help...

Allan · 2008-06-27 14:31:57

It is in "man pacman".

       -y, --refresh
           Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s)
           defined in pacman.conf(5). This should typically be used each time
           you use --sysupgrade or -u. Passing two --refresh or -y flags will
           force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be
           up to date.

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[SOLVED] Slicehost install doesn't see some packages

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