Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

Lexion · 2009-03-22 00:17:46

I just installed a fresh reinstallation of arch, and pacman is acting up. I will run 'sudo pacman -S programname' and it will start the installation process, but it will freeze at the 'retreving packages from ...' part. I run the command again and on the 3rd or 4th try, it will work normally. I have run all these commands to try and help:

$ sudo pacman -Syy
$ sudo pacman -S pacman-mirrorlist
$ sudo pacman -Syu

I have installed madwifi and it is working. That is all. It has been so far consistent and never failed to not work like this.

Last edited by Lexion (2009-03-22 14:59:29)

skottish · 2009-03-22 00:20:30

Try to change your mirror and see if it's still happening. In particular, if you're using ftp.archlinux.org, you can expect poor performance.

s3kt0r · 2009-03-22 02:53:12

If I may, I just keep 2 or 3 countries near my location, not including the arch main server. It seems to speed up things on both ends.

Xyne · 2009-03-22 03:22:33

You could also try this.

Lexion · 2009-03-22 14:59:14

skottish: your answer worked. I just remembered how I fixed this about 2 months ago. Gahhhh. But Thanks for all your answers anyways.

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#1 2009-03-22 00:17:46

Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

#2 2009-03-22 00:20:30

Re: Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

#3 2009-03-22 02:53:12

Re: Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

#4 2009-03-22 03:22:33

Re: Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

#5 2009-03-22 14:59:14

Re: Pacman is unreliable [SOLVED]

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