[solved] No multilib in pacman

mhtrinh · 2010-10-11 10:58:46

Hi,

I just migrate from Fedora, OpenSuse and Unbuntu to Arch linux. I have a weird bug : I have a x86_64 system. I activate the multilib repo. Here is my /etc/pacman.conf :

$ cat /etc/pacman.conf
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGrou
IgnorePkg   = xfce,kernel
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

#[archlinuxfr] 
#Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64

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

The problem : pacman don't find any package in multilib :

[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]# pacman -Sys lib32
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]# 
[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]# pacman -Ss | grep multilib
[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]# 
[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]# pacman -Ss | tail         
extra/zile 2.3.19-1
    A small, fast, and powerful Emacs clone
extra/zip 3.0-1
    Creates PKZIP-compatible .zip files
extra/zope-interface 3.5.3-1
    Separate distribution of the zope.interface package used in Zope 3.
extra/zsh 4.3.10-4
    A very advanced and programmable command interpreter (shell) for UNIX
extra/zvbi 0.2.33-2
    VBI capture and decoding library
[root@sbtn155 mhtrinh]#

It sound really stupid I know but ... what did I missed ?

Last edited by mhtrinh (2010-10-11 11:11:50)

karol · 2010-10-11 11:02:37

Are you using up to date mirrors? http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

Last edited by karol (2010-10-11 11:03:01)

mhtrinh · 2010-10-11 11:08:02

(T_T)
I did change 2-3 times of mirrors from France and Germany. After your reply, I change to another one and this time it works !!
=> really stupid post .....

Is there a way to know if a mirror is up to date or not ??

karol · 2010-10-11 11:15:19

mhtrinh wrote:

(T_T)
Is there a way to know if a mirror is up to date or not ??

If you generate a mirrorlist based on that link I posted, you should be fine. You can also check http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ and https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus

SanskritFritz · 2010-10-11 11:15:37

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mir … ror_status

mhtrinh · 2010-10-11 11:19:13

Thank you
:-)

Allan · 2010-10-11 11:19:35

Also, you more than likely want to enable the [community] repo.

karol · 2010-10-11 11:32:36

Allan wrote:

Also, you more than likely want to enable the [community] repo.

Should OP put the multilib at the bottom of the config?

Edit: Answering my own (silly) question: it doesn't matter, there are no filename "conflicts" - skype is only in i686 or in multilib.

Last edited by karol (2010-10-11 11:35:51)

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[solved] No multilib in pacman

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