Pointing to wrong directory...

gumbald · 2007-12-07 16:23:36

Just installed Arch for the first time, trying to convert from Ubuntu and failing...

I'm trying to install libgl, but it's giving me the error:

could not open file /var/lib/pacman/extra//gnome-spell-1.0.8-1/depends: No such file or directory

This is obviously down to the double slash that's in there, how do I alter this? :)

Cerebral · 2007-12-07 16:31:56

Just run pacman -Syy

fwojciec · 2007-12-07 16:32:41

EDIT: nevermind

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gumbald · 2007-12-07 16:34:48

When I try to reinstall gnome-spell, it just hangs for minutes...

As does pacman -Syy after doing 100% core, presuming its wanting to do 'extra' next and failing.

Cerebral · 2007-12-07 16:36:22

What Mirror are you using? Check /etc/pacman.d/{core,extra} - you might need to move another mirror to the top. Choose one geographically close if you can.

gumbald · 2007-12-07 16:46:31

It was a distance thing, it would seem. Now when I issue pacman -S libgl, it can't resolve dependencies for "catalyst-utils". I've got an nvidia card, presuming I don't need this anyway. When I try pacman -S catalyst-utils, it says that "xorg-server" is not in the package set. It seems to be going round in circles!

EDIT: When I do a pacman -S xorg, it says 'not found in sync db'... I've updated pacman with a --sync --refresh, and I've got multiple servers enabled for each of core, extra and community!

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Cerebral · 2007-12-07 18:17:33

Make sure the same server is at the top of the list for all of /etc/pacman.d/{core,extra,community}

It shouldn't be trying to install catalyst-utils if you're just doing pacman -S libgl - there should be an actual 'libgl' package.

gumbald · 2007-12-07 18:20:37

I've enabled the archlinux.org repository on all 3 as I think that one's most likely to work...

Cerebral · 2007-12-07 18:23:25

Actually, we recommend you don't use that one. Have you completed a pacman -Syy yet?

gumbald · 2007-12-07 18:40:29

I've just done that, it updated core and extra but gave a "Write failed: no space left on device" somewhere in there.

'pacman -Ss xorg' still yields nothing.

Cerebral · 2007-12-07 18:44:08

No space left on device? How big is /var?

pacman -Ss xorg won't find anything, since it's a group, not a package. pacman -S xorg should find the group and try to install it.

gumbald · 2007-12-07 18:45:34

It's got a whole 70gb drive to eat into...

pacman -S xorg gives "error: 'xorg' : not found in sync db"

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phrakture · 2007-12-07 18:50:46

Could you please post the output of "df"?

gumbald · 2007-12-07 18:53:54

It seems to be installing everything on the /boot partition, which I definitely set when I installed the OS. I'll try a reinstall and post back...

B-Con · 2007-12-19 03:36:53

Just for the record, I had the same problem as in the OP and pacman -Syy fixed the problem for me. Thanks.

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