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gregoryma

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From: Fredericton, Canada

Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] not found in sync db

I get this error whenever I have tried to install anything the last couple of days. 

[root@box ~]# pacman -S xine-lib
xine-lib package not found, searching for group...
error: 'xine-lib': not found in sync db

I have read around and found out that it is likely caused by the repo's not being set up correctly. But I think (I am not really sure as I have only been on arch for about 3 weeks) they are set up correctly.

/etc/pacman.conf reads:

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

And /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist reads:

# United States
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mirrors.unixheads.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo$
#Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686

I have tried pacman -Sy and pacman -Syu.  pacman -Syu outputs:

[root@box ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 unstable is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 local database is up to date

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks, Greg.

Last edited by gregoryma (2008-12-24 15:54:00)

Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,965

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Re: [SOLVED] not found in sync db

Hi Greg,

Try "pacman -Syy" to force a database update. If that doesn't solve the problem, move a different server to the top of your mirrorlist, rinse and repeat.

Last edited by Xyne (2008-12-23 20:35:10)

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gregoryma

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From: Fredericton, Canada

Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] not found in sync db

All is well again.  Thanks.