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aosho235

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Registered: 2016-02-14

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[SOLVED] pacman -Sc error "missing package metadata"

# pacman -Sc
Packages to keep:
  All locally installed packages

Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
:: Do you want to remove all other packages from cache? [Y/n] 
removing old packages from cache...
error: missing package metadata in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.MTREE
error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.PKGINFO: Unrecognized archive format

Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/
:: Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n]

If I hit Enter, pacman proceeds and some things seem to be deleted (guessing from df -h). Do I need to fix something?

Last edited by aosho235 (2016-02-15 00:20:53)

Allan

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman -Sc error "missing package metadata"

Did you ever extract a package in your cache directory?    Delete those files.

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aosho235

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From: Japan

Registered: 2016-02-14

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] pacman -Sc error "missing package metadata"

Thanks, Allan.
Removing .MTREE and .PKGINFO solve it!