[FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

Wolfman · 2008-09-18 23:55:51

Today I tried updating my system, but I only recieved the following error:

$ sudo pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)

Anyone have any suggestions?

Last edited by Wolfman (2008-09-19 02:07:31)

Vintendo · 2008-09-19 00:00:35

Try "Pacman -Syu"

Wolfman · 2008-09-19 00:40:59

I tried that first. My package database is up to date.

Xyne · 2008-09-19 00:59:16

Check which packages you're trying to upgrade with

pacman -Qu

and post the output here. It seems that the package name itself may be bad (i.e. not a pacman error).

You could also try

pacman -Sc

to clear uninstalled packages and

pacman -Syy

to force a database refresh.

Maybe also try using a different default mirror in case it's a mirror-local problem.

nj · 2008-09-19 01:18:19

You can run pacman with --debug to get some debugging information. --debug=2 prints even more info.

Also, try running this command:

find /var/lib/pacman/sync -name desc -exec grep -L FILENAME {} \;

This will find any package in the database that does not have a filename field.

Wolfman · 2008-09-19 02:05:06

Xyne wrote:

pacman -Syy
to force a database refresh.

That worked. Thanks everyone.

Arch Linux

#1 2008-09-18 23:55:51

[FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

#2 2008-09-19 00:00:35

Re: [FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

#3 2008-09-19 00:40:59

Re: [FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

#4 2008-09-19 00:59:16

Re: [FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

#5 2008-09-19 01:18:19

Re: [FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

#6 2008-09-19 02:05:06

Re: [FIXED] Can't upgrade with pacman anymore.

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