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#1 2016-07-30 09:10:03
- OdinEidolon
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[SOLVED] Pacman error: could not open file ...
When trying to update one of my systems, which has been recently installed, I get this:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 137.7 KiB 599K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
extra 1923.6 KiB 1329K/s 00:01 [########################] 100%
community 3.9 MiB 1336K/s 00:03 [########################] 100%
multilib 186.3 KiB 1330K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/kio-5.23.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: could not fully load metadata for package kio-5.23.0-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)I cannot install or upgrade anything, and trying to --force does not do anything. Pacman database has been cleaned with -Scc, mirrors refreshed with -Syy and generally I tried all the usual advices (I think!). What to try next?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by OdinEidolon (2016-07-30 13:48:53)
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#2 2016-07-30 09:58:50
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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: could not open file ...
try --ignore kio to upgrade the system.
then try to fix the problem with kio.
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#3 2016-07-30 10:20:53
- WorMzy
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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: could not open file ...
Pacman database has been cleaned with -Scc
No it hasn't, this command cleaned the cache. It may have removed the cache file for this package in the process. If that's the case, redownload it from http://seblu.net/a/archive/packages/k/kio/, and try to fix the database with
# pacman -U --dbonly kio-5.23.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz. If you still get errors when attempting this transaction, then try removing /var/lib/pacman/local/kio-5.23.0-1, then trying again.
Once kio's db entry has been fixed, run the full upgrade.
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#4 2016-07-30 13:48:20
- OdinEidolon
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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: could not open file ...
Pacman database has been cleaned with -Scc
No it hasn't, this command cleaned the cache. It may have removed the cache file for this package in the process. If that's the case, redownload it from http://seblu.net/a/archive/packages/k/kio/, and try to fix the database with
# pacman -U --dbonly kio-5.23.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz. If you still get errors when attempting this transaction, then try removing /var/lib/pacman/local/kio-5.23.0-1, then trying again.
Once kio's db entry has been fixed, run the full upgrade.
Looks like this worked wonderfully, thanks. I had to remove /var/lib/pacman/local/kio-5.23.0-1.
Thanks.
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#5 2025-05-17 14:56:00
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#6 2025-05-17 15:31:22
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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error: could not open file ...
Glad to hear, seeing the thread is 9 years old, I'll close this at this point. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22
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