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kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

[Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

Hi,
today i tried a system update via pacman -Syu and i get these error messages

Konnte Datei 'curl-7.19.6-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' nicht von ftp.archlinux.org übertragen : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)

so it seems that these files are not on the servers

i have already tried different mirrors even the archlinux.org one

Last edited by kanim (2009-08-18 09:08:19)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

it was a problem with repository. it was fixed but mirrors need to sync.

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kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

ok thx for the quick awnser i'll try it later again

Last edited by kanim (2009-08-20 00:26:01)

kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

hmm tested it right now... and guess what still no packages aviable and another strange thing is happening if i do a pacman -Sy it nevers says up to date it always downloads the same size...

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

Hello Kanim!

It was a similir issue in these days on the forum please search it.

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kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

yes similar but not the same they have just a slow pacman -Sy i have that sometimes too but even if it works it seems to not update the db and i cant update/install any package they can update just fine ...

and its realy anoying since iam in the process installing xorg and so on...

Last edited by kanim (2009-08-16 21:43:31)

xthon

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Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 4

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

i have exactly the same problem.
is it a general problem or just me and kanim?

sm4tik

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From: Finland, Jyväskylä

Registered: 2006-11-05

Posts: 248

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Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

..seems like something's messed up the repos quite bad. Many packages are missing from ftp.archlinux.org, so it's not only a sync problem with the mirror you're using. Knowing the devs, it's going to be fixed soon.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

It is fixed. You just need to be patient and wait for the mirrors to resync. As many mirrors need to resync all the repo packages, there are not enough bandwidth for all the mirrors. So it will take some time.  ftp.archlinux.org is a mirror just like the other ones. The only difference is that we are the ones in charge of it.

For details on what happened, see:
http://archlinux.me/brain0/2009/08/16/s … l-scripts/

rdavl

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Registered: 2008-04-24

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

It is fixed. You just need to be patient and wait for the mirrors to resync.

It seems to me that only i686 repo is fixed, x86_64 is still missing packages on ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64/ ?

kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

i686 also still missing couse server are not synched you have to be patient but the problem itself is fixed

MindTooth

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From: Norway

Registered: 2008-11-11

Posts: 331

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

I would recommend using reflector:

http://xyne.archlinux.ca/info/reflector

And run this command:

reflector -l 10 -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist -r

Then you get the latest synced and highest rated server available.

Birger

kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

i cannot install reflector since it has dependencys

and now i think it don't has to do anything with the servers not being synched couse no server of the mirrorlist works
iam quite unhappy with this situation

kanim

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Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved]Cannot install any package with pacman

okay today some servers are in sync and i was able to install reflector what a nice tool