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SpaceOttersea

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[SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

I am installing Arch for the first time and while trying to install xorg-server and xorg-server-utils I get:

"error: failed retrieving file 'llvm-libs-3.9.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors....* "

The error repeats for every mirror that I have listed in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

The file hosted on archwiki says that the file was flagged as outdated yesterday, 11/26. I downloaded the file and placed it in /var/cache/pacman/pkg with the other files, but I am still unable to install. I get the same error.

What am I doing wrong, or how can I fix it? I can't install Xorg and I am at an impasse for my install.

Last edited by SpaceOttersea (2016-11-27 21:46:36)

atomicbeef

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Which release of the installation media are you using (or have you already installed the base system and booted into it)? What's in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist? Have you tried enabling some mirrors listed in the mirrorlist generator?

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Please paste the exact and full output, not a truncated interpretation: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

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SpaceOttersea

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

I have successfully installed Arch onto my machine and I am booted into it. I also sorted my mirrors using:

# rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

I did this after creating a backup at /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup during the install process. However, I can't find that backup now so I might have misplaced it or it did not transfer after the install. The mirrors are indeed updated with the 6 fastest mirrors.

/var/cache/pacman/pkg is populated with many files.

# ls lib32*

outputs

lib32-llvm-libs-3.9.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

How would you suggest that I get the logs or outputs from my arch machine? I could cp the logs to a flash drive, but I'm at a loss for how to easily copy the outputs without typing them.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

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SpaceOttersea

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Here is the pacman log.

EDIT:

Here is the output from

# pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils

Last edited by SpaceOttersea (2016-11-27 20:04:16)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Both links point to the same file: the pacman log.

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SpaceOttersea

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Edited the previous link; all should be working.

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

404 means you need to update your system

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

404 means you need to update your system

This. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … nsupported

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SpaceOttersea

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

I've synced the databases with

# pacman -Syu

and

# pacman -Syyu

Still no success.

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

If you get that after -Syu, your mirror sucks. Try a different one.

SpaceOttersea

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing xorg-server failed retrieving file

Solved! The issue was my wireless adapter. It kept timing out before the final package could be installed. This became evident when I ran

# pacman -Syyu

and I got a timeout error for the community database.

I got my ethernet device configured and everything went as planned.

Thanks.