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arjan

Member

Registered: 2007-05-17

Posts: 5

Pacman and db 4.7

I have problem updating the system. Pacman does not recognizes its database, although it is there (checked).

sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'kdemod.db.tar.gz' from kdemod.ath.cx : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'kdemod.db.tar.gz' from kdemod.ath.cx : Not Found
error: failed to synchronize kdemod: Not Found
archlinuxfr is up to date
testing is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace libungif with extra/giflib? [Y/n] y
warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 004-1
warning: foomatic-db-engine: forcing upgrade to version 3.0_20080723-1
warning: foomatic-filters: forcing upgrade to version 3.0_20080723-1
warning: ruby: forcing upgrade to version 1.8.7_p71-1
warning: vlc: forcing upgrade to version 0.8.6i-2
warning: xf86-video-vesa: forcing upgrade to version 1.3.0-6
resolving dependencies...
error: cannot resolve "db>=4.7", a dependency of "kdelibs3"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: kdelibs3: requires db>=4.7

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for instance  I cannot update any of my programs

pacman -S claws-mail
error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.
[arjan@arjan ~]$ sudo pacman -S claws-mail
Password:
warning: claws-mail-3.5.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
error: cannot resolve "db>=4.7", a dependency of "libetpan"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: libetpan: requires db>=4.7

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and pacman does not recognize its packages (claws-mail was before pacman -Sd)

sudo pacman -U firefox
loading package data...
error: 'firefox': cannot open package file

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So what might be the error. So far I have read, it must be a problem with the database, by the way the cache is full (589M    /var/cache/pacman/).

Please need some help.

Thank you, dhe shendet e te mira.

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Pacman and db 4.7

Do pacman -Syy , then try again,
If it does not help, paste the output of pacman -Si db and pacman -Qi db.

One unrelated comment, you should check this page:
http://kdemod.ath.cx/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=893

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pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

arjan

Member

Registered: 2007-05-17

Posts: 5

Re: Pacman and db 4.7

thanks a lot, that did it!