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scg

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From: Nuremberg, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-31

Posts: 29

Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Gents, I tried several days to upgrade from an 08 Voodo to the actual step.

The thing is.... I simply can't manage it. :-(

Pacman is 2.9.8, so simply outdated, but I can't manage to update Pacman itself.

BTW: Searching the forum was the FIRST I did, and I did it extensivley. When I tried to download the pacman package manually I got lots of dependencies I couldn't resolve. Burning a new CD would be the easiest way, unfortunately I don't have a burner actually. (What I REALLY start to reget)

Gents, I would REALLY appreciate if someone could get me a hint which helps me over this ugly OLD PACMAN thing, from there on I thing I could simply upgrade the hole system.

Anybody an idea how to carry on ?

CU G.

Last edited by scg (2008-06-29 16:25:06)

ibendiben

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Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 519

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

First some links:

Changelog:
http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman … WS;hb=HEAD
Man pacman:
http://archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.8.html
Wiki pacman:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
Guide:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … ith_pacman

You do have a working internet connection? What happens if you do pacman -Sy pacman?
pacman -Sw only downloads the packages. You can install them later with pacman -S...
To help you it's good to have some additional info except from "...I got lots of dependencies I couldn't resolve..."

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ibendiben

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Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Try this:

pacman -U http://mir.archlinux.fr/core/os/i686/gcc-libs-4.3.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U http://mir.archlinux.fr/core/os/i686/libarchive-2.4.17-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U http://mir.archlinux.fr/core/os/i686/libdownload-1.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
pacman -Sy pacman

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scg

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From: Nuremberg, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-31

Posts: 29

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Hi, THX for reply

yes inet works fine. a Pacman -Sy pacman does:

Synchronizing package databases
current....
extra.....

Wants to download several packages (15,8MB):

bash-3.2.033-2
kernel-headers-2.6.25.6-1
tzdata-2008c-1
glibc-2.8-2
gcc-libs-4.3.1-1
libarchive-2.4.17-1
libdowbload-1.3-1
pacman-3.1.4-1

When I "proceed with upgrade":

For each package
"warning: failed to get filesize...."
"failed downloading..."

That comes often times, I suppose for each mirror...

Still an idea ? I tried to upgrade Pacman manually someday ago, after reading A LOT in the  forum, but today I made a "new" install from the 0.8 vodoo CD, which offers a running console system with internet but..... an old pacman which refuses to upgrade itself.

I know that package format has changed and that pacman itself has changed, the thing is .... can I upgrade my 2.9.8 pacman without burning a new CD ? (which would be the best, I know)

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Try what ibendiben said, but instead of "pacman -Sy pacman" try

pacman -U http://mir.archlinux.fr/core/os/i686/pacman-3.1.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

and "cp /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew /etc/pacman.conf" afterwards.

scg

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From: Nuremberg, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-31

Posts: 29

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

OK, the story is, when downloading gcc-libs, there comes an error:

error: unsatisfied dependencies
gcc-libs: requires glibc>=2.8-1

then I try to download glibc, but then I get these unsatisfied dependencies:

glibc: requires sh
glibc: requires kernel-headers>=2.6.25.6
glibc: requires tzdata

Thats these dependencies which I told you.

What can I do ? Try to carry on downloading i.e. kernel-headers and tzdata ? I tried that but... what the HECK is sh ?

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

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Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Yep, download kernel-headers, tzdata and try bash as sh.

scg

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From: Nuremberg, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-31

Posts: 29

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Gents, thanks for your replies. But all that I tried BEFORE it started that thread here, sh isn't bash, I tried that already.

So, lets close this thread, thanks for your friendly help. I'll find another way to get that machine running.

Cu G.

lucke

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Registered: 2004-11-30

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Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

Newest bash package provides sh.

ibendiben

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Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

sh = virtual, you do not actually need it installed as a package.

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Dusty

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Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

you might be able to force the download (pacman -Sf) and then do the upgrade with pacman.static Syu.

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scg

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From: Nuremberg, Germany

Registered: 2006-12-31

Posts: 29

Re: Update from Arch 08 vodoo

OK Gentlemen, I'll try that tonight, thanks A LOT for your friendly help and your ideas. This is what makes ARCH so strong, a genious OS and..... a genious community, and that's YOU.

CU G.