Cannot enable wget in pacman.conf(solved)

lilsirecho · 2009-10-10 02:48:29

Pacman does not recognize wget in /etc/pacman.conf....

[root@n6re ~]# pacman -Scc
error: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 19: directive 'xferCommand' noted.
[root@n6re ~]#

Attempting to eliminate pacman's filling of my /root partition during full system download I attempted to use wget to aid in downloading. The result is noted above.

My root partition is filled...used

pacman -Scc

once but the problem repeated. Some users use wget to solve the problem so I tried that .

Attempted to use:

pacman -Q |less

The same error concerning wget occured again and no display of installed packages ensued.

So for the present cannot state which pacman version I have installed.

Will restore /etc/pacman.conf to original condition and report further on this problem.

Last edited by lilsirecho (2009-10-10 06:19:32)

lilsirecho · 2009-10-10 02:52:50

After removing the wget option, I was able to clean root partition and determined that pacman 3.1-1 is installed.

neddie_seagoon · 2009-10-10 05:11:32

Your X is lowercase in XferCommand, make sure it is:
XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

for example.

lilsirecho · 2009-10-10 06:18:52

Thanks for the sharp eye.

Reset my modem, re-installed pacman and corrected the pacman.conf entry for wget.

All is well again....

Arch Linux

#1 2009-10-10 02:48:29

Cannot enable wget in pacman.conf(solved)

#2 2009-10-10 02:52:50

Re: Cannot enable wget in pacman.conf(solved)

#3 2009-10-10 05:11:32

Re: Cannot enable wget in pacman.conf(solved)

#4 2009-10-10 06:18:52

Re: Cannot enable wget in pacman.conf(solved)

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