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ace_w1zard

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pacman not working at all...

Hey guys pacman was working fine when i installed arch 2 hours ago. But now for some awkward reason pacman does not work, not even for basic update [pacman -Syu],
Say if i try to update my system with a simple pacman -Syu command, this is what i get...

[main@baxxanna ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[main@baxxanna ~]$ 

same thing for any other program, say firefox...

[main@baxxanna ~]$ sudo pacman -S firefox
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[main@baxxanna ~]$ 

p.s
i tired to edit my /etc/pacman.conf file with nano as the root user, i uncommented the "#" in front of the...

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

so i can install 32 bit flash on my 64 bit os, i followed this tutorial...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _on_Arch64

But after this problem arouse i returned the #'s in front of the 

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

but i still get this same problem, pleas help!!!

Last edited by ace_w1zard (2010-11-01 03:02:38)

jasonwryan

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Re: pacman not working at all...

Have you followed the instructions that pacman is giving you?

if you're sure a package manager is not already running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

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ace_w1zard

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Re: pacman not working at all...

Have you followed the instructions that pacman is giving you?

if you're sure a package manager is not already running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

ok no other package manger is running i think [ i even restarted the pc just in case] and idk what they mean by remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

anonymous_user

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Re: pacman not working at all...

Remove means delete. As root (or with sudo) just do:

rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

ace_w1zard

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Re: pacman not working at all...

Remove means delete. As root (or with sudo) just do:

rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

OMG ty bro, how did you figure that out? and why did it do this?

ace_w1zard

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Re: pacman not working at all...

also do you think the link i used to try install the flash plugin on my 64 bit system works? or is it just another false wiki? cause i tried it and got this *** *** problem!

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Last edited by Inxsible (2010-11-02 02:57:59)

anonymous_user

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Re: pacman not working at all...

Which instructions did you try? I would go with the first ones:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … he_Package

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-11-01 03:20:58)

jasonwryan

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Re: pacman not working at all...

The link in the wiki works fine. The problem is your own. Please do not use that sort of language here or you will be banned.

Closing.

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Re: pacman not working at all...

removed foul language from the post ...

Please take note of Jason's advice.

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