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#1 2025-12-23 17:58:44
- componentscience
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[Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
Trying to create a custom local package repo and the database is not found when running 'pacman -Sy'. Also tried running the commands as root but it made no difference. Confirmed the database is successfully created after running 'repo-add'.
Sequence of steps:
1) Manually build Aur packages
2) Create custom repo directory
$ mkdir CustomAurRepo
$ cd CustomAurRepo3) Copy Aur *pkg.tar.zst files into custom repo directory
4) Create custom repo (from inside repo directory)
$ repo-add CustomAurRepo.db.tar.gz *pkg.tar.zst5) Manually update /etc/pacman.conf
6) Refresh database
sudo pacman -SyStdout and stderr:
http://0x0.st/Pz12.txt
/etc/pacman.conf
http://0x0.st/Pz1L.conf
Last edited by componentscience (2025-12-24 01:15:09)
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#2 2025-12-23 18:09:08
- Scimmia
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
/project/ArchLinux/ is a very strange path. You really have that in your root dir?
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#3 2025-12-23 18:10:25
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
Yes
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#4 2025-12-23 20:52:00
- Allan
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
My guess is the alpm user (the user used for downloading) can not access your repo path.
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#5 2025-12-23 21:51:23
- WorMzy
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
stat / /project /project/ArchLinux /project/ArchLinux/CustomAurRepo /project/ArchLinux/CustomAurRepo/CustomAurRepo.dbSakura:-
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#6 2025-12-24 00:08:54
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
My guess is the alpm user (the user used for downloading) can not access your repo path.
Is it okay to add the alpm user to the group that can access the repo path?
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#7 2025-12-24 01:14:40
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
Moved the repo to a different directory and it worked. The alpm user was not added to any supplementary groups as asked above. Assuming it is not safe to do so? Thank you all.
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#8 2025-12-24 02:48:37
- Allan
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
I don't think adding the alpm user to a group currently works... It is on the todo list.
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#9 2025-12-24 09:02:11
- Lone_Wolf
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Re: [Solved] Custom local package repo - failed retrieving file from disk
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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