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Inxsible

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pacman epdfview - File not found

I tried installing epdfview but there was a hitch.
when I did a

pacman -Ss epdfview

it came back with the output and asked me if I wanted to install it. When I said Yes, It installed the two other libraries associated with it, but gave me a File not found at each and every US mirror.

Why did pacman report it as being there even when the file was not present at any mirror? Can someone explain that?

Was this temporary. I did this late last night....I will try again today once I reach home.

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dyscoria

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Sounds like an internet connection problem

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Inxsible

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Sounds like an internet connection problem

No..I dont think so..It did install the other two dependent libraries.

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heleos

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Not really an internet connection problem if he received the libraries without a problem, and failed epdfview on every mirror.

Is that a typo or is that actually the command you used? -Ss will only search for epdfview.

If that is a typo, did you try doing pacman -Sy epdfview ?

dyscoria

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Maybe try a 'pacman -Syyu'.

Failing that go to the Get Arch page and browse the mirrors for the file. If it's there then it must be some sort of pacman problem.

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iBertus

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

If thsi package has been updated it is likely that the mirrors just haven't updated yet. This would mean that the previous version was removed but the new one isn't uploaded yet.

Inxsible

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Not really an internet connection problem if he received the libraries without a problem, and failed epdfview on every mirror.

Is that a typo or is that actually the command you used? -Ss will only search for epdfview.

If that is a typo, did you try doing pacman -Sy epdfview ?

Not a typo..I searched first...and then did a

pacman -Sy epdfview

to install

Last edited by Inxsible (2008-07-15 16:51:59)

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Inxsible

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

If thsi package has been updated it is likely that the mirrors just haven't updated yet. This would mean that the previous version was removed but the new one isn't uploaded yet.

Could be....In fact I am hoping it would be..

Will try later tonight.

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heleos

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Not a problem here:

Targets: poppler-0.8.4-1  poppler-glib-0.8.4-1  epdfview-0.1.6-7  

Total Download Size:    4.99 MB
Total Installed Size:   14.90 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 poppler-0.8.4-1-x86_64     4.8M  321.9K/s 00:00:15 [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
 poppler-glib-0.8.4-...    84.5K  165.0K/s 00:00:01 [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
 epdfview-0.1.6-7-x86_64   92.9K   93.8K/s 00:00:01 [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                   [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
(1/3) installing poppler                            [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
(2/3) installing poppler-glib                       [######################################################################################################################################################] 100%
(3/3) installing epdfview

Inxsible

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Re: pacman epdfview - File not found

Yeah...I guess it rectified itself...

Maybe - as it was already suggested - the package was in the midst of being upgraded. I seem to catch them quite often at the wrong times

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