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navaneethkn

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Registered: 2010-05-22

Posts: 31

Installing VLC through pacman fails

When I run

sudo pacman -S vlc

it fails with the following message

failed retrieving file 'sdl-1.2.14-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable

This happens with other mirror sites as well.

Any help?

evr

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: Installing VLC through pacman fails

it looks like the sdl package was just updated, so most mirrors probably haven't synced to the new package yet.  I would just give it a little time for the mirrors to update, or use the official mirror if you want.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Installing VLC through pacman fails

When I run

sudo pacman -S vlc

it fails with the following message

failed retrieving file 'sdl-1.2.14-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable

This happens with other mirror sites as well.

Any help?

pacman -Syu && pacman -S vlc

you have this problem because your database is not synced and is trying to download an older version. In repos we have now sdl-1.2.14-2

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navaneethkn

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Registered: 2010-05-22

Posts: 31

Re: Installing VLC through pacman fails

Thanks. After syncing, it worked well!

bananaoomarang

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Registered: 2009-10-29

Posts: 180

Re: Installing VLC through pacman fails

If this happens I usually just switch to the main repos and Syu. That usually works as they are synced well.

Last edited by bananaoomarang (2010-05-22 20:41:00)