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#1 2010-05-29 13:07:51

Sly
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Registered: 2010-02-28
Posts: 40

Paktahn Issue

Hey. So, I'm using the xf86-video-ati driver at the moment, but the fan speed is noisy and (so I've been told) you can't edit the fan speed with this driver. So I go to install the Catalyst driver and come across this error.

It succesfully downloads the dependencies, downloads the driver, builds it, but then gives me this error:

loading package data...
error: 'catalyst-10.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz': cannot open package file

==> Failed to install package (error 1)

Please choose how you want to proceed:
  0: [RETRY            ] Retry installation
  1: [FORCE-INSTALL    ] Force installation (-Uf)
  2: [SAVE-PACKAGE     ] Save the package to /home/anthony/.paktahn/packages/catalyst-10.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
  3: [SKIP-PACKAGE     ] Skip installation of package "catalyst" and continue
  4: [CHECKOUT-AND-SKIP] Checkout the PKGBUILD into a subdirectory and skip installation
  5: [CHECKOUT-AND-QUIT] Checkout the PKGBUILD into a subdirectory and quit
  6: [QUIT             ] Quit Paktahn

Can anyone please inform me why this is, and how it can be overcome? Cheers!

Last edited by Sly (2010-05-29 13:12:57)

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#2 2010-05-29 13:32:42

schen
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Registered: 2009-06-06
Posts: 468

Re: Paktahn Issue

I don't think you should use paktahn. I suggest a more wellknown pacman wrapper, such as clyde, which is faster than vanilla pacman. Also, try building the AUR package by hand. The instructions are this:
1. Download the Tarball from aur.archlinux.org
2. cd to the directory with your tarball (I suggest creating a dedicated folder) and unpack with tar -xzvf tarballname
3. cd to the newly-created tarball directory
4. Inspect the PKGBUILD and change to your needs with a text editor.
5. Run makepkg -s, which should create a .pkg.tar.gz/.pkg.tar.xz file.
6. Install with pacman -U .pkg.tar.gz/.pkg.tar.xz file

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR

I think that the current version of catalyst is incompatible with the current version of X, so you have to use catalyst-test.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst

Last edited by schen (2010-05-29 13:34:36)

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