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#1 2015-04-27 02:36:53
- cjm
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[SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
Hi,
My problem is that everytime I try to do a pacman -S package it tries to reinstall base. I did a pacstrap to install everything but pacman didnt create a /var/libs/pacman. I then created that directory and set it using pacman -b. Then did a pacman -syy and updated. It still says ive got packages within the filesystem and pacman wont install anything. This isnt my first arch install its my 10th. Ive tried reinstalling three times today.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Thanks
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#2 2015-04-27 03:14:01
- jasonwryan
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Re: [SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
Run pacman -Syyu in verbose mode and paste the log.
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#3 2015-04-27 03:22:02
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Re: [SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
I figured it out. Users error as it normally is.
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#4 2015-04-27 03:25:41
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Re: [SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
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#5 2015-04-27 04:09:45
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Re: [SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
* I apologize for my selfishness. My error was as follows, in the live cd there is a file hierarchy similar to that of the one we are trying to create off mount. As such I was doing this.
mount /dev/sdX /mnt
mkdir /mnt/{boot,var,home}
mount /dev/sdX /boot
Instead of doing this....
mount /dev/sdX /mnt
mkdir /dev/sdX /mnt/{boot,var,home}
mount /dev/sdX /mnt/boot
It was a simple mistake and one that I could probably make a hundred times over.
Thanks for showing me the forum etiquette.
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#6 2015-04-27 04:14:53
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Re: [SOLVED] Everytime I Try To install a package it tries to reinstall.
Thanks for filling in the detail: it will inevitably help someone else...
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