base-devel can't be found

cobes · 2012-05-17 01:58:07

I am trying to install the base-devel package group and pacman can't seem to find it for some reason. I have the main arch repo as well as the AUR (community) repo enabled in my pacman.conf. This is what happens in terminal:

$ sudo pacman -Sy base-devel
:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community-testing is up to date
community is up to date
archlinuxfr is up to date
error: target not found: base-devel

Anyone know whats going on? Anyone else having this issue but me? Thanks,

-Cobes

tylerlong · 2012-05-17 02:16:14

I just installed it a few hours ago so its probably a problem on your end.
Its in Core, so see if you can install other packages in Core. Could it be a bad mirror?

jasonwryan · 2012-05-17 02:24:50

Don't -Sy $package - it will do bad things.

pacman -Syyu
pacman -S base-devel

Also, please learn to use code tags when pasting to the boards https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

Trilby · 2012-05-17 02:32:06

Also, not relevant but FYI, AUR and community are not the same.

Mr.Elendig · 2012-05-17 11:59:58

Sidenote: I recommend disabeling the [archlinuxfr] repo. It is full of outdated and broken packages. And you can get everything in there from abs/aur anyway.

pe7er · 2012-06-04 20:34:30

jasonwryan wrote:

Don't -Sy $package - it will do bad things.
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S base-devel

I couldn't install "base-devel". All I got was "error: target not found: base-devel", and

pacman -Sy
pacman -Su

didn't help,
but your "pacman -Syyu" did! Thanks!

jasonwryan · 2012-06-04 21:01:54

It is worth reading man pacman to get a clear understanding of the difference between -Sy and -Syy - it will make using pacman a lot clearer.

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved].

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#1 2012-05-17 01:58:07

base-devel can't be found

#2 2012-05-17 02:16:14

Re: base-devel can't be found

#3 2012-05-17 02:24:50

Re: base-devel can't be found

#4 2012-05-17 02:32:06

Re: base-devel can't be found

#5 2012-05-17 11:59:58

Re: base-devel can't be found

#6 2012-06-04 20:34:30

Re: base-devel can't be found

#7 2012-06-04 21:01:54

Re: base-devel can't be found

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