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Rimas

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Registered: 2006-12-10

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[SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

Hi!
I have error while

$ sudo pacman -S thunar

thunar package not found, searching for group...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: 'thunar': not found in sync db

when trying to install dmenu I get this:

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: failed to prepare transaction (package filename is not valid)

Is it possible to repair this?

p.s. system is after update

p.p.s actually I tried to update once more, but now it is asking for /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/desc
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4file or directory

Last edited by Rimas (2010-01-08 13:28:12)

loafer

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

Could it be that the sync database is corrupt?  Are the subdirectories and files actally present under /var/lib/pacman/sync?

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

Alternatively, run pacman -Sy. If it works, try to install thunar again. If it doesn't, paste the error message here.

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Rimas

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

Thanks for your replies.
pacman -Sy answered that all repositories are up to date.

Directory /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/ exists indeed, but there is only one file -- depends
less /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/depends:

%DEPENDS%
libx11
libxinerama

and required file (desc) is missing.
Can I just copy it from another system and put it in /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/dmenu-4.0-1/ ?
Will it fix my problem?

Rimas

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Registered: 2006-12-10

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

I think I've solved the problem
Just downloaded repositories as packages and actualized /var/lib/pacman/sync directory manually (as described in Offline Installation of Packages)

Thanks guys for your input.

madeye

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Registered: 2006-07-19

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

I could be wrong, but couldn't you use
pacman -Syy
to force a new sync of the pacman repository?

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Rimas

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Registered: 2006-12-10

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Re: [SOLVED]Strange problem while installing thunar :-/

madeye, of course, you are right!
I should learn pacman functionality more accurately.
Less experienced users do more keystrokes