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frankifol

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Registered: 2007-11-12

Posts: 46

Yaourt problem

I installed yaourt-git from AUR without problem. Now when I launch yaourt I have this output:

/usr/bin/yaourt: line 783: package-query: command not found

This is from yaourt -Ss packagename

Yaourt -Syu seems to work

Yaourt -S packagename tells me that tha package isn't in the database.

Any ideas?

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Yaourt problem

You shouldn't use the -git version of anything unless you're prepared to keep up with changes being made. Use the latest yaourt release instead, or do some reading.

Fungyo

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Registered: 2009-04-13

Posts: 42

Re: Yaourt problem

I got caught out with this one too.
The yaourt wiki page led me astray
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt
with this line near the beginning:
"Consider installing yaourt-git instead of yaourt as some features are broken in current version."

Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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Re: Yaourt problem

broken features? in yaourt?

no.... can't be.

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Yaourt problem

Fungyo - that is not leading you astray. Nobody forced you to use the git build - the wiki page simply suggested that you consider it. Any consideration given to that choice would ideally include a general overview of the use of development builds, and the balance between new or fixed functionality on one had, and the increased risk of new bugs or regressions on the other.

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 4,092

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Re: Yaourt problem

It looks like you are missing the package "package-query" which can be found here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35915 or http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35478 Installing one of them should fix the problem.

I'm sorry, I don't know much about yaourt. I use packer as an AUR helper, and sometimes clyde.