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Romanrp

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Registered: 2009-11-19

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installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

I wanted to tey arch and I installed it on a virtualbox with an ubuntu host.
All I have is the command line and this is (as root) types in.
pacman -Syy gnome
And it returned
"error:failed to update core(no servers configured for repository)
"error:failed to update extra(no servers configured for repository)
"error:failed to update community(no servers configured for repository)
"error:failed to synchronize any databases

As a long term ubuntu user,to me no gui came as a shock,but then again,I want to learn.
Is there a way to install gnome?

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Did you configure your mirrorlist?

MadTux

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Additionally, if you want gnome, you have first to install and configure X.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … igure_ALSA

Romanrp

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Do I just replace the # with =?

MadTux

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Your remove the # if you want to activate that line. My advise would be to select more than one mirror just in case the one you selected is not reachable. pacman will go through them top down.

wonder

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Do I just replace the # with =?

edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and remove # from a line with a server.

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MadTux

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

Do I just replace the # with =?

You didn't read the Beginners' Guide, did you? You really miss out if you don't read it. Its not only fun to read it really helps to gain some deeper understanding about Arch and it makes the installation process a lot easier and faster.

Romanrp

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

i think it might be a problem with my internet
but when i type iwconfig
it says command not found

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-19 21:22:59)

MadTux

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

You probably removed the # from /etc/pacman.conf. What I meant is remove the # from /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. Mirrors are sorted by country and you should select a mirror near you.

MadTux

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

i think it might be a problem with my internet
but when i type iwconfig
it says command not found

You have to be root in order to run this command.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

i think it might be a problem with my internet
but when i type iwconfig
it says command not found

You have to be root in order to run this command.

or you didn't installed wireless_tools

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Romanrp

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Re: installed arch on virtual box and has problems getting gnome

I was root.
I will try installking wireless_tools
is it pacman -S wireless_tools ?