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Bulldozer

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<SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

So I tried installing a package from the AUR and the plain Installation process seems to have worked but when typing pacman - U package.tar.xz I get the error message "invalid or corrupted package" over and over again even after repetetive download.

Last edited by Bulldozer (2019-03-11 21:56:48)

loqs

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Please post the actual command you used and all the output it produced.

bugsmanagement

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Hello there,

At a cursory first glance, package.tar.xz (proper naming scheme would be package.pkg.tar.xz for Arch Linux packages), you might be attempting to install the source tar ball rather the actual package?

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Bulldozer

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Of course, sorry:
$ su
password:

$ pacman -U numix-circle-icon-theme-git-0.r36.a673d9d-1.src.tar.gz
loading packages..
error: missing package metadata in numix-circle-icon-theme-git-0.r36.a673d9d-1.src.tar.gz
error: 'numix-circle-icon-theme-git-0.r36.a673d9d-1.src.tar.gz': invalid or corrupted package

Thank you!

Bulldozer

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Yes you're right. Its the tar Ball. I'm brain dead right now ?

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
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Bulldozer

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Sure but I'm still stuck with this

Scimmia

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

We thought you realized the problem with your last post. You aren't trying to install a package, you're trying to install the source tarball, which will never work.

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages

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Bulldozer

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

Ah yes..
For some reason I just trusted an answer from stackoverflow which says to type "pacman -U whateverpackage.tar.xz".. But using makepkg -si instead of just -S did the Job. Thanks again Im just pretty new to pacman and AUR. But im gonna get there step by step!

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Re: <SOLVED> Invalid or corrupted package

pacman -U works fine, you just have to run it on the correct file. That's all makepkg -i does is run pacman -U.