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#1 2009-11-30 19:15:13

li.alvez
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need help finding proper wiki - pls help

hello, i just don't seem to find the right wiki for the basic task i need to do i got a

error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

and want to remove the block does anyone know where to find what i need? also is there an easier way than just scanning 1000s of pages like maybe a search engine of sorts? thanks guys i know its a little to a lot nub to ask but i do what i can lol thanks again!

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#2 2009-11-30 19:17:10

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Re: need help finding proper wiki - pls help

you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

What's the difficulty in that, provided you don't have any other pacman operations going on when you get that message?


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#3 2009-11-30 20:27:39

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Re: need help finding proper wiki - pls help

As the message says, you can remove that file safely as long as it wasn't created by another running program, e.g. pacman. Check the output of "ps -e" for anything which might be using the database first.

The wiki has a (pathetic) search function. You can also use the forum search function and just about any online search engine worth more than a handful of baked beans.

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#4 2009-11-30 21:03:26

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Re: need help finding proper wiki - pls help

You can use Google to search the wiki. Just add site:wiki.archlinux.org to your query. For example, site:wiki.archlinux.org pacman db.lck will search the wiki for pacman and db.lck. Other engines have a similar feature.


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#5 2009-12-01 04:43:02

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Re: need help finding proper wiki - pls help

Xyne wrote:

...The wiki has a (pathetic) search function.

Really?  I'm usually able to find what I need, though the wiki search isn't made for searches like that.


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#6 2009-12-01 13:15:33

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Re: need help finding proper wiki - pls help

Open your file manager as root then navigate to var then lib then pacman right click on db.lck and delete then Pacman should work again.


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