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etereo

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 33

warning: failed to retrieve...

when i type "pacman -S gnome" i get this

warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to comit transaction (unexpected error)
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

if someone can assist me with this problem it would be appreciated

thank you in advanced

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: warning: failed to retrieve...

check /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and uncomment one mirror

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etereo

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 33

Re: warning: failed to retrieve...

-bash: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: Permission denied

how do you uncomment a mirror

Last edited by etereo (2009-07-28 21:38:01)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: warning: failed to retrieve...

as root, open that file with your preferable editor and delete # character in front of a line.

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etereo

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 33

Re: warning: failed to retrieve...

thank you sir i just had to type in this and everything worked

nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

lamberss

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Registered: 2009-04-11

Posts: 10

Re: warning: failed to retrieve...

Glad you were able to resolve your issue.

Please edit your initial post and add "[SOLVED]" somewhere in the topic.  This way people don't have to read the thread to know that you have resolved the issue.

See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50161.