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I'm new to Arch and have an issue with pacman. I used pacman to try to install Open Office. I followed the instructions in the Arch Wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenOffice
Pacman downloads a couple of packages and then outputs this:
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from locke.suu.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from archlinux.unixheads.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.ibiblio.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from archlinux.umflint.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.neotuli.net : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.rit.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'openoffice-base-beta-3.1.0_ooo310_m3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.umoss.org : Not Found
What's up with this? Is this typical behavior when using Pacman? Doesn't' pacman cache the headers for these repositories so it knows where to find specific packages?
It wouldn't be an issue for me, except that I have a really slow internet connection.
Thanks,
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You need to update the package lists, it looks like there has been a version bump on the package.
pacman -Sy openoffice-baseOffline
Ok, pacman finally finished and now I have it installed. Actually, I have a OOo beta and 3.0 and 3.1 So I have three versions installed. I'm going to have to pay more attention to the command line instructions in the Arch Wiki! I'm still confused about how Pacman works though.
Thanks
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