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QuickQuokka

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I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

I did an update to only some packages on my machine and I planned on updating the rest later because I haven't updated it a long time and there were quite a lot of packages to update, but now

# pacman -Syyu

outputs

pacman: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I don't know what went wrong but can someone help me please. Sorry if this is an obvious or stupid question.

Last edited by QuickQuokka (2022-12-11 21:09:34)

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

This is what went wrong: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … nsupported

To fix it, complete a full system update using one of the options available to you: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … man-static

Also, read through the front page news from the time of your last full update. https://archlinux.org/news/

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=281216
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … nsupported
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … an_upgrade

Edit: fuck.

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

I did an update to only some packages on my machine and I planned on updating the rest later.

This is completely unsupported by Arch and almost guaranteed to break your system. Don't do that again.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/system … nsupported

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QuickQuokka

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

I am using external pacman using a USB, it first complained about mtab, which I fixed, then Crypto Engine, which I also fixed, but now running

# pacman --root /mnt --cachedir /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg -Sy openssl gnupg

gives

Error connecting: Could not connect: No such file or directory
error: command failed to execute correctly

(sorry for not replying I have school)

Scimmia

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

...and you're still trying to do a partial update. Seriously.

seth

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

Also don't post error messages completely out of context.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 7#p2071347

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QuickQuokka

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

Also don't post error messages completely out of context.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 7#p2071347

Can't cus NetworkManager stopped working so I'm posting this on my other computer and manually copying the error messages. (No I can't use Ethernet my laptop doesn't have it and I don't have a dongle)

Scimmia

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

So don't have an internet connection, and you're wondering why pacman can't connect?

QuickQuokka

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

So don't have an internet connection, and you're wondering why pacman can't connect?

But now I'm doing it on an external boot drive with chroot and an active internet connection. Iwctl works on the USB, just NetworkManager doesn't work on my boot drive lol.

Last edited by QuickQuokka (2022-12-12 14:26:31)

seth

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

The error seems to be from package-kit, though.
Also you *can* post the entire message, by redirecting it into a file and usb-walking it to a system w/ internet connection.

But as Scimmia pointed out, if you really don't have internet w/ the live iso (which won't provide NM to begin with…) that's moot.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … e_internet

Wi-Fi—authenticate to the wireless network using iwctl.

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QuickQuokka

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

The error seems to be from package-kit, though.
Also you *can* post the entire message, by redirecting it into a file and usb-walking it to a system w/ internet connection.

But as Scimmia pointed out, if you really don't have internet w/ the live iso (which won't provide NM to begin with…) that's moot.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … e_internet

Wi-Fi—authenticate to the wireless network using iwctl.

I have internet on the external drive, but NetworkManager doesn't work when I boot my main drive. There's no browser on the external ISO, soI'll try this "usb-walking"

Scimmia

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

So don't have an internet connection, and you're wondering why pacman can't connect?

But now I'm doing it on an external boot drive with chroot and an active internet connection. Iwctl works on the USB, just NetworkManager doesn't work on my boot drive lol.

And yet you said you couldn't post the error because you had no connection, even though the error was from running pacman on the ISO.

Fair warning, if that command had succeeded, your system would have been unbootable.

EDIT: If that message was indeed from a post_install hook, congratulations, you just made things worse. STOP DOING PARTIAL UPDATES.

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seth

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

There's no browser on the external ISO, soI'll try this "usb-walking"

No, you'll click the 1st link below.

And run a complete update from the install iso, no chroot.

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QuickQuokka

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Re: I just fucked up my Pacman and it says that libssl.so.3 is missing

Aight guys that's enough everything I tried fucked up my system even more, and now it just kernel panicks. I know I can fix it still, but I don't have the energy. I think that Arch Linux may not be the best distro for me, because I've done a clean install thrice already because I fucked everything up in the past. I think I am going to try to distrohop for a while to search what I like better. I'm very interested in Debian and Fedora particularly.

Goobye guys, it's been a good 4 years.