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sfabius

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Registered: 2007-07-07

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[solved] Package not found, listed in extra

I need setuptools for python, but pacman cannot find it (pacman -Ss setuptools). However, when I search for packages on the web interface, it is present in Extra. Any clues as to why this is?

Last edited by sfabius (2009-12-09 16:38:12)

Xyne

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Re: [solved] Package not found, listed in extra

Perhaps there's something wrong with your mirror. Change it and force a database refresh with "pacman -Syy".

$ pacman -Ss setuptools
extra/setuptools 0.6c11-1
    A collection of enhancements to the Python distutils

The search works as expected here.

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sfabius

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Registered: 2007-07-07

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Re: [solved] Package not found, listed in extra

Thanks, I was doing -Syy but it was changing the mirror that did it...should've thought of that.