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#1 2026-08-19 02:40:08

SushiBear74
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Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

Trying to run debtap. After running this: 

sudo debtap -u

a number of times, it still prompted me with "Error: You must run at least once "debtap -u" with root privileges (preferably recently), before running this script". Looking at others' update pages, their core/extra/multilib is up to date, while mine is skipped, so I think that may be the issue? Here is the message for the update.

sudo debtap -u
==> Synchronizing pkgfile database...
:: Updating 3 repos...
  core      download skipped
            repack   skipped
  extra     download skipped
            repack   skipped
  multilib  download skipped
            repack   skipped
==> Synchronizing debtap database...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 16.25M 100 16.25M   0      0  7.78M      0   00:02   00:02          5.52M
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 106.5k 100 106.5k   0      0 693.2k      0                              0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 202.6k 100 202.6k   0      0 955.6k      0                              0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 57.47M 100 57.47M   0      0  8.60M      0   00:06   00:06          8.41M
==> Downloading latest virtual packages list...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
  0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100  47329 100  47329   0      0 119.5k      0                              0
==> Downloading latest AUR packages list...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 533.3k 100 533.3k   0      0 608.9k      0                              0
==> Generating extended base group packages list...
==> All steps successfully completed!

I don't know if this is the error, but if so, how can I rectify it?

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#2 2026-08-19 03:08:24

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

why are you using debtap?

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#3 2026-08-19 06:46:33

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

… and in what context?
Apparently "debtap -u" is not the problem, it's the secret action that triggers you to run it.

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#4 2026-08-19 08:05:37

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues

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#5 2026-08-19 18:04:36

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

Sorry all for the lack of context. Trying to play Wizard101, and Wine didn't work, so going off of this guide (https://bitbysystems.com/wizard101-on-a … x-cachyos/). Here is the terminal output that I just tried right now. 

sudo debtap -u
==> Synchronizing pkgfile database...
:: Updating 3 repos...
  core      download skipped
            repack   skipped
  extra     download skipped
            repack   skipped
  multilib  download skipped
            repack   skipped
==> Synchronizing debtap database...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 16.26M 100 16.26M   0      0  6.17M      0   00:02   00:02          4.31M
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 106.5k 100 106.5k   0      0  2.30M      0                              0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 202.6k 100 202.6k   0      0  2.59M      0                              0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 57.44M 100 57.44M   0      0  8.26M      0   00:06   00:06          8.20M
==> Downloading latest virtual packages list...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
  0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100  47329   0  47329   0      0 148.9k      0                              0
==> Downloading latest AUR packages list...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 533.4k 100 533.4k   0      0 494.8k      0   00:01   00:01              0
==> Generating extended base group packages list...
==> All steps successfully completed!
$ ls
 1920-x-1080-nature-desktop-zt65xx09vu42vnfu-4171162427.jpg   debtap.tar.gz
 5120x1440-dual-screen-gdechkyqwieavzz5-3637683617.jpg        discord-1.0.153.deb
 InstallWizard101.exe                                         discord-1.0.153.pkg.tar.zst
'Master Budget.gnucash'                                       discord-1.0.153.tar.gz
'Master Budget.gnucash.20260814232337.log'                    lilypond-2.26.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
'Master Budget.gnucash.20260817160115.log'                    nier-automata.tar.gz
'Master Budget.gnucash.20260818200100.log'                    pixel-coffee.tar.gz
 UA_Connect_1_9_6_3797_Win.exe                                reaper778_linux_x86_64.tar.xz
 debtap                                                       wizard101_1.26-1.deb
$ debtap wizard101_1.26-1.deb
Error: You must run at least once "debtap -u" with root privileges (preferably recently), before running this script
file wizard101_1.26-1.deb
wizard101_1.26-1.deb: Debian binary package (format 2.0), with control.tar.gz , data compression xz

Any help or pointing in the right direction for getting debtap to work would be much appreciated, thanks.

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#6 2026-08-19 19:35:02

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

Have you run sudo pkgfile -u to ensure pkgfile has uptodate file lists ?

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#7 2026-08-19 21:03:53

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

Just did, still no dice. I found this (https://github.com/helixarch/debtap/issues/119) but I don't really understand what it's asking me to do, nor what the problem really is tbh. Seems like the files should have a .001 suffix at the end? When I run this:

$ ls /var/cache/pkgfile
core.files  extra.files  multilib.files  .db_version

$ echo core.files     | grep -qE '*.files?(.[[:digit:]]{3})' && echo MATCH || echo "no match"
no match
$ echo core.files.001 | grep -qE '*.files?(.[[:digit:]]{3})' && echo MATCH || echo "no match"
MATCH

...it comes back exactly as above, but the suggested fix is 

grep -E '\.files?(\.[[:digit:]]{3})?$'

Pardon my noobness, but I thought grep was a filtering tool rather than a command on its own. What should I put into Konsole in order to fix this?

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#8 2026-08-19 22:15:46

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

debtap is a shell script, the bug suggests to alter the grep pattern in line 154 of /usr/bin/debtap
Idk whether the proposed alternative is correct but the pattern highlighted in the bug is clearly bogus.
The asterisk is a qualifier and means none or any amount of whatever comes before - implying something's set before that. It cannot be the beginning of a regular expression.

https://github.com/helixarch/debtap/com … 9315a5L151
I assume egrep was more lenient itr.

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#9 2026-08-19 22:22:16

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

quick and dirty pkgbuild

_pkgname='wizard101'
pkgname="${_pkgname}-bin"
provides=(${_pkgname})
conflicts=(${_pkgname})
pkgver=1.26-1
pkgrel=1
scdir=${_pkgname}
_pkgver="${pkgver//_/-}"
_gitname="release-${_pkgver}"
pkgdesc="a free to play MMO Wizards game."
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://www.play.wizard101.com/"
license=('Custom:wizard101')
provides=(${_pkgname})
conflicts=(${_pkgname})
source=("https://akamai.wizard101.com/wizard101_${pkg_ver}.deb")
sha256sums=('')
package() {
tar xf data.tar.zst -C "${pkgdir}"
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}"
cd $srcdir
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${_pkgname}.desktop"
# ln -sf "/opt/$_pkgname/$_pkgname" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/$_pkgname"
}

Last edited by killertofus (2026-08-19 22:40:40)

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#10 2026-08-20 20:45:29

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

I had the same issue so i did

sudo nano /usr/bin/debtap

and removed this part

if [[ ! $(ls /var/cache/pkgfile | grep -E '*.files?(.[[:digit:]]{3})' 2> /dev/null) ]] || [[ ! $(ls /var/cache/debtap/*-packages-files 2> /dev/null) ]] || [[ ! -e /var/cache/debtap/extended-base-packages-list ]] || [[ ! -e /var/cache/debtap/aur-packages ]] || [[ ! -e /var/cache/debtap/virtual-packages ]]; then
    if [[ $pseudo != set ]]; then
        echo -e "${red}Error: You must run at least once \"debtap -u\" with root privileges (preferably recently), before running this script${NC}"; exit 1
    else
        echo -e "${red}Error: You must enable a multilib repository, synchronize pacman database and then run at least once \"debtap -u\" with root privileges (preferably recently), before running this script${NC}"; exit 1
    fi
fi

then it worked without problem (i dont know how good or bad that is)

Last edited by ArchG001 (2026-08-20 20:48:16)

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#11 2026-08-23 23:37:05

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Re: Debtap core/extra/multilib skipped

have you tried the steam version?

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