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lethalfang

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Registered: 2009-11-06

Posts: 5

Just installed off core.i686. Pacman cannot find packages.

First timer is running into some trouble.
I've managed to install Arch onto my 2nd hard drive following the beginner's guide, but I couldn't get pacman to work, which means I cannot install any extra package. I got stuck when I try to install python:

# pacman -Sy python

Got the following output:

:: Sychronizing package database
core  ............. 100%
extra ..............100%
community .....100%
python package not found, searching for group....
error: 'python': not found in sync db

The network is working though. When I pinged google.com, there was no loss of package.

What happened?

Thanks in advance!

Add:
I've seen this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=80189. I've tried these solutions. They all seemed fine until I tried to install python using pacman.
I could download stuff off the internet with wget. In other words, my computer is connected to the internet, but somehow pacman cannot find the required package.

Last edited by lethalfang (2009-11-07 02:59:46)

sHyLoCk

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Registered: 2009-06-19

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Re: Just installed off core.i686. Pacman cannot find packages.

Do a pacman -Syyu
You should update your system before doing anything else

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lethalfang

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Registered: 2009-11-06

Posts: 5

Re: Just installed off core.i686. Pacman cannot find packages.

Do a pacman -Syyu
You should update your system before doing anything else

Thanks for the help.
I have done that, and the output says "local database is up to date," but I still cannot install anything (i.e. python) with pacman.

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Just installed off core.i686. Pacman cannot find packages.

maybe it's a problem with your update mirror. check its status here:

http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html

lethalfang

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Registered: 2009-11-06

Posts: 5

Re: Just installed off core.i686. Pacman cannot find packages.

maybe it's a problem with your update mirror. check its status here:

http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html

That's it!
I made sure to use a working mirror, and pacman is working. Woohoo!
Thanks!