Pacman only searches or installs from core

mongrol · 2010-01-23 11:33:17

Hi folks,
I seem to have developed an odd problem. My pacman only searches or installs (or sees) packges from core. My pacman.conf has core, extra and community enabled, -Syu updates all 3 of these repositories but any searches or attempt to touch any packages other than core results in a not found error. E.g. extra/sdl was installed. I removed it using -Rd but now can't install it or find it in a search.

[mongrol@scarce Downloads]$ sudo pacman -Ss sdl
[mongrol@scarce Downloads]$ sudo pacman -S sdl
sdl package not found, searching for group...
error: 'sdl': not found in sync db
[mongrol@scarce Downloads]$

Any help much appreciated.

.:B:. · 2010-01-23 11:35:16

Did you try a

pacman -Syy

to force the database to be refreshed?

mongrol · 2010-01-23 20:22:22

Hmm, Tried that. It says it's done it but it hasn't really. Here's the debug output from a -Ss sdl.

:: Synchronizing package databases...
downloading core.db.tar.gz...
downloading extra.db.tar.gz...
downloading community.db.tar.gz...
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/core/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/community/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: registering local database
debug: loading package cache for repository 'core'
debug: warning: pkgcache is NULL for db 'core'
debug: searching for target 'sdl'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'extra'
debug: warning: pkgcache is NULL for db 'extra'
debug: searching for target 'sdl'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'community'
debug: warning: pkgcache is NULL for db 'community'
debug: searching for target 'sdl'
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'community'

mongrol · 2010-01-23 20:33:25

Hmm, bad mirror. COmmented it out and it now updates the local cache properly.

toad · 2010-01-24 18:16:59

solved then?

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#1 2010-01-23 11:33:17

Pacman only searches or installs from core

#2 2010-01-23 11:35:16

Re: Pacman only searches or installs from core

#3 2010-01-23 20:22:22

Re: Pacman only searches or installs from core

#4 2010-01-23 20:33:25

Re: Pacman only searches or installs from core

#5 2010-01-24 18:16:59

Re: Pacman only searches or installs from core

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