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mack

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 11

[SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

I was just trying to install GNOME and it failed when trying to download libxfixes-4.0.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Package wasn't found. So I ran -Syy and it is failing to retrieve extra.db.tar.gz

Is anyone else having this problem?

Last edited by mack (2010-03-01 02:21:40)

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: [SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

Change the mirrors.
Post the mirrorlist.
Post the pacman.conf

mack

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

Tried a bunch of different mirrors. Used mirrors from rankmirrors and then mirrors from updated mirror list I received last night.

pacman.conf
[options]
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
SyncFirst = pacman

Included: core, extra, community

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: [SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

I suppose with their names, i mean:
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
...

mack

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

mack

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Registered: 2009-05-04

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED]Failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz'

Ah, just found the solution from this post: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=84623