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bavian

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Registered: 2019-01-30

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pacstrap doesn't install pacman

I tried to install arch using official guide.

After command:
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
I used:
arch-chroot /mnt

When I tried to install some program, bash said:"command not found"
I tried to install pacman by myself:
pacstrap /mnt pacman

But output of this command was:

==> Creating install root at /mnt
==> Installing packages to /mnt
error: failed to initialize alpm library
(database is incorrect version: /mnt/var/lib/pacman/)
try running pacman-db-upgrade
==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

And pacman-db-upgarde didn't helped without arch-chroot. When I used it after arch-chroot, command-db-upgrade: command not found.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

pacstrap does install pacman, but you tried to run pacman from within the chroot ?
I'm not 100% sure, but think that's not supposed to work unless the installed system is completely configured.

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bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Before of that I tried to install arch on vitual box machine. This method works
On virtual box machine I have not the same problem

bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Now, I understand that not only pacman wasn't installed. I have no text editor on system, even sed wasn't installed.
Before of that I can't execute locale-gen

WorMzy

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

What is the content of /mnt/var/lib/pacman/local/ALPM_DB_VERSION

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Trilby

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Now, I understand that not only pacman wasn't installed. I have no text editor on system, even sed wasn't installed.
Before of that I can't execute locale-gen

Clearly the initial pacstrap command failed.  But without knowing what errors it produced there's little that could be done here.

Perhaps the pacman.log from the new system (/mnt/var/log/pacman.log) would help if that exists (the initial pacstrap command logs to this file even if pacman never gets installed).

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bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Content of  /mnt/var/lib/pacman/local/ALPM_DB_VERSION is [ 'square' #(in white background)

bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Content of /mnt/var/log/pdman.log is many random symbols

WorMzy

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

This seems like more than just a failed pacstrap command, this sound like the drive you tried to install Arch on is failing. Check it's health with smartctl.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.

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Trilby

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Can you post that pacman log to a file sharing site?

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bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

I have no programs to share files and can't install it because of my problem

bavian

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

I think problem is corrupted usb-flash. I tried to install arch on it

Trilby

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

You have curl, you can install nopaste or similar tools in the live environment.  But I agree it's likely a bad drive - especially if it was a usb flash drive.  I just wanted to get to the bottom of what "random symbols" meant.

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shaoyu0209

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Registered: 2016-10-28

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

Something probably went wrong in the installation process. Did you see pacman, vi, etc. in the list of programs that will be installed on /mnt ?

nixawk

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Re: pacstrap doesn't install pacman

# mount /dev/sdaX /mnt
# pacstrap /mnt base
# arch-chroot /mnt
(arch-root) # pacman-db-upgrade

- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

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Thanks for sharing.