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altrevo

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Registered: 2011-05-20

Posts: 29

Pacman fails to open db file on installation

Hi,
I'm installing arch via PXE on my old thinkpad and I keep getting stuck on the package selection stage.
After 5 to 10 minutes of 'Refreshing package database' pacman fails to open the db files (including core.db) at /tmp.
I've tried it several times from several mirrors and the outcome remains the same.

How can I solve this?

Last edited by altrevo (2011-11-05 20:45:06)

spark666

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Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 137

Re: Pacman fails to open db file on installation

It happened the same to me whit some time ago,but i fixed by changing to a mirror from my country,a ftp mirror.Try it maby it will work:)

altrevo

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Registered: 2011-05-20

Posts: 29

Re: Pacman fails to open db file on installation

I've been switching mirrors for the last 2 hours or so. FTP, HTTP, official.
I'll keep trying but if there's a way around it I think that now is the right time to try it.

falconindy

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Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: Pacman fails to open db file on installation

I've been switching mirrors for the last 2 hours or so. FTP, HTTP, official.

There is no "official" mirror. ftp.archlinux.org is a tier 2 mirror meaning it syncs roughly once an hour from a mirror upstream. The tier 0 mirror is inaccessible to the public.

I'll keep trying but if there's a way around it I think that now is the right time to try it.

If you switch mirrors, you need to forcibly refresh your mirror list with -Syy.

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scrawky

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Registered: 2011-09-23

Posts: 26

Re: Pacman fails to open db file on installation

are you sure you have arch 2011.08.19?