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QueenVakarian

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[SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

I'm attempting to reinstall from the newest iso.

When I attempt to use pacstrap to install my kernel I'm getting the

ERROR: pacstrap: invalid option -- 'K'

In the man pages it says that option implies -G, but I don't know how to populate the empty keyring once the system is installed if I can't create it in the first place.

Side note: I'm using my phone and am without a PC, apologies if formatting or words are wonky.

Last edited by QueenVakarian (2023-12-29 19:30:29)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

Given that you're using your phone I gather you retyped the error message rather than copied it directly.  Given that, can you confirm that you are trying to run the command with a capital -K not a lowercase -k?  The latter will report an error very much like what you quoted.

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QueenVakarian

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

Yup. Its capital K that is failing. Ive even verified it now to make sure. Even -h says its invalid.

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

Then how about the following:

type pacstrap
pacman -Qo /bin/pacstrap
pacman -Qkk arch-install-scripts

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

Also check `uname -a`. I'm betting you don't have the newest ISO.

QueenVakarian

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

pacstrap is /usr/bin/pacstrap

warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
/use/bin/pacstrap is owned by arch-install-scripts 24-2


warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
arch-install-scripts: 19 total files, 0 altered files

Last edited by QueenVakarian (2023-12-29 19:21:54)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

The simple fact that you have 'community' proves this isn't the latest ISO.

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

As does the version of arch-install-scripts which would be from around 2 years ago.  The iso images have the date in the filename if I recall correctly, you can also confirm the checksum matches the current iso checksum.  If both of those are good, it would seem that the "dd" may have failed.  Did you sync the data to the flash drive (and / or wait for a "umount" command to finish) before removing the flash drive?

Last edited by Trilby (2023-12-29 19:23:39)

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QueenVakarian

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap -K is invalid

You're right! How does that happen? This was from the website. I used dd to write the iso to my flash drive over top of the old one.

The new one was labeled from December and everything. Signature checked passed. Everything green lit

Edit: Not sure what happened to cause the new iso to not be applied. Thank you for helping me sort that.

Marked as solved.

Last edited by QueenVakarian (2023-12-29 19:37:19)