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hello fellow arch users. i am quite new to arch <though have been using Ubuntu for the past 4-5 months > and am having trouble downloading and installing packages .
i used pppd and the it automatically adjusted all the settings and enabled my DSL connection .on using pppoe-start the status replied as connected but when i run pacman to install Xorg and lxde .
i get the "package not found message and on using pacman -U or pacman -S i also get the unable to "sync db" error . its helluva tough compared to Ubuntu . so i can anyone help me or atleast direct me to a thread where such an issue has been addressed /
p.s: i already tried the arch wiki and i couldn't solve the problem . i am typing this from another backup computer
any help would be very much appreciated
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can you ping some other site?
try
ping -c 3 www.google.com
If yes, then it might be an issue with the mirror that you are using. Have you uncommented any mirror (one that is geographically closer to you) in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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Perhaps you should sync the db first with...... pacman -Syy..
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