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absternat

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Registered: 2008-10-30

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Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

How do I download and install irssi? I've tried to read thru the 'man pacman' etc.. But just don't get it how do I search for it and how do I download/install it..
Sorry for stupid questions (n00b!), but when I reach irssi, I can ask more in there.

Thanks for your help!

-absternat-

GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 157

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Re: Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/irssi/

pacman -Sy irssi

edit: do this in the root terminal. You can enter it by writing "su"

Last edited by GERGE (2008-10-30 18:32:58)

renuvio

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Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 49

Re: Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

From another Arch newbie:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman

The documentation is clear and very helpful, thanks Arch Linux people!

absternat

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Registered: 2008-10-30

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Re: Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

Thanks! But...

...it says:

# pacman -Sy irssi
warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gzä from archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to synchronize core: Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to synchronize extra: Transient resolver failure
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br : Transient resolver failure
error: failed to synchronize community: Transient resolver failure
error: failed to synchronize any databases

neotuli

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2004-07-06

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Re: Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

Suggested reading:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Off … tall_Guide

Also it looks like networking might not be working correctly, can you ping google.com to make sure it's up?

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FrozenFox

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-23

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Re: Can't find it with google, so you might be one to answer..

Yes. If your networking is okay as per the above post (if you can browse the web for instance), you should just choose a different mirror in the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist (needs root/sudo access) by commenting out the first one that is in use, archlinux.c3sl.ufpr or whatnot, because it's down or broken or something.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2008-10-30 20:27:00)