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li.alvez

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Registered: 2009-06-16

Posts: 37

trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

all i get is
One or more Databases could not be updated.
Last error reported was:
Transient resolver failure
what have i done or what can i do to fix this?

rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

Sounds like /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist issue, check you have an uncommented mirror.

li.alvez

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Registered: 2009-06-16

Posts: 37

Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

whats an uncommented mirror? is it fixable?

rusty99

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Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

Sure, it's no great shake. You need an uncommented mirror(s) so pacman knows what to get packages from.
Find one geographically close to you and copy/paste the mirror to the top of the file.

 # Mirror used during installation
Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
# Generated on 2009-05-09
#
*/
* snip
*/

If you have python installed then have a look at the wiki regarding rankmirrors http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … acman.conf

li.alvez

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Registered: 2009-06-16

Posts: 37

Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

sorry could you explain that in more simple terms...ive been using this kde thing for 5 days only

brisbin33

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Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

to check that you've got a mirror uncommented run this command from a terminal:

grep -v ^# /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

if it returns anything but whitespace then that's not your issue.

if you get no output (aside from whitespace) you need to uncomment a few mirrors

sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

scroll down to your country's section and remove the # sign from in front of a few of them (or all of them)

then issue from a terminal

sudo pacman -Syy

and if you're uncomfortable using the terminal or editing text files like this then prepare to learn, b/c that's a key feature of using archlinux

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li.alvez

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Registered: 2009-06-16

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Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

im ok screwing around to learn this stuff no problem, to me its all the lingo and technical words that get to me,ive been trying to install bluetooth for 5 days now lol everyone seems to have a different way to do it, now when i want to use shaman all i get when i update is i cant. anyways what is a whitespace?

li.alvez

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Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

all i got was

Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/di … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib … po/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/mirrors/ar … po/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

all i got was

Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/di … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib … po/os/i686
Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/mirrors/ar … po/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

if it returns anything but whitespace then that's not your issue.

i don't use shaman so i can't help there, but what we've just confirmed is your mirrorlist file is fine.

/edit: you can still issue

sudo pacman -Syy

from a terminal, if that completes successfully we'll know the problems purely shaman and not pacman.

/edit2: you were just overthinking it:

┌─[ 14:33 ][ blue:~ ]
└─> grep -v ^# /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist




































┌─[ 14:35 ][ blue:~ ]
└─>

would be an example of getting only "whitespace"

Last edited by brisbin33 (2009-06-18 18:36:02)

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li.alvez

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Registered: 2009-06-16

Posts: 37

Re: trying to upgrande database in shaman but...

thanks