Pacman database error

Amphaeon · 2007-10-09 23:48:51

hey wassup everyone. i used to be able to pacman -Ss with regular user to just check on what avaliable in the repos. now its giving me this error

error: failed to parse config (could not open database)

Cerebral · 2007-10-09 23:50:01

sounds like your config file is screwed up - can you post /etc/pacman.conf?

Amphaeon · 2007-10-09 23:52:10

# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman manpage for option directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
#
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community

[kdemod]
#kdemod server
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686

#[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable

# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

Amphaeon · 2007-10-09 23:54:35

btw i did run a pacman-optimize a couple of weeks ago but im not sure if this could have caused the issue. it did take a long time to implement the new optimized database.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-10-09 23:48:51

Pacman database error

#2 2007-10-09 23:50:01

Re: Pacman database error

#3 2007-10-09 23:52:10

Re: Pacman database error

#4 2007-10-09 23:54:35

Re: Pacman database error

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