Arch Linux

steveywonder

Member

Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 3

Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

My system lists python as not being installed (and consequently attempts to resolve it as a dependency when installing with pacman. It then downloads python (or firefox when I use pacman -S firefox) then proceeds to list the files that are "already installed" and then informs me that nothing was installed.

This is likely the result of a failed install of python and firefox. Then I attempted to  fix it by pacman -R which told me it was succesful...

What to do?

jacko

Member

Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

What to do?

Ask smart questions and post substantial information regarding the issue or errors being posted.

Try the system logs for pacman, that is a start.

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, STOP BEING VAGUE, IT HELPS NO ONE!!!!

Last edited by jacko (2009-02-16 19:01:25)

scarecrow

Member

From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

Are you syncing to the repos? (pacman -Sy firefox)
Are you sure your repo isn't out of date?

---

Microshaft delenda est

steveywonder

Member

Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 3

Re: Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

jacko:
My question was as specific as it could be. I had no idea of how to approach the problem having already tried to remove the packaged (which returned as removed succesfully but then did not allow a new package to be installed). I even told you what the logs would tell you.

scarecrow:
thanks for offering helpful advice.

it is a new repo I had actually cleaned the cache with -cc causing package manager to download a new package upon the next install.

steveywonder

Member

Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 3

Re: Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

I manually deleted all the files listed as already existing. Then tried again and was successful with firefox. We'll see if the python works as well.

SamC

Member

From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 611

Website

Re: Can't install, or upgrade python, firefox, etc...

What Jacko meant is that you should post the error messages, not just say "it doesn't work".