[SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

champted · 2010-12-20 19:27:08

After issuing the following command as root:
# pacman -S lxde
many console messages ensue, among them:
error: failed retrieving file 'gnutls-2.8.6-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.rit.edu : Not Found

This message is repeated for each of the other five mirrors in my list.
All the other packages seem to have been retrieved all right.

At the end of the process, the following messages appear:
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I tried
# pacman -S gnutls
and got the same results as above, with the same version number in the error message, and the same three messages at the end.

I searched for gnutls in the package database, and found gnutls to be at version 2.10.4-1 .

I have searched the Arch wiki, forums, and beginner's guide for this issue, with no success, and have tried Googling the Web with various combinations of the words arch, lxde, gnutls, and "not found", also with no success.

This is my first attempt at installing Arch, but not my first experience with Linux. All has gone well up until now; the Arch CLI environment has been functioning well.

[eof]

Last edited by champted (2010-12-20 22:18:55)

Mr Green · 2010-12-20 19:45:14

Could be a mirrors issue, can you post pacman -Qi pacman?

wonder · 2010-12-20 19:50:35

pacman -Syu lxde

we have now gnutls 2.10.4

Mr Green · 2010-12-20 19:52:15

Seems like system is not up to date.....

champted · 2010-12-20 21:14:24

Thankx for your fast reply.

Name           : pacman
Version        : 3.4.1-1
URL            : http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/
Licenses       : GPL
Groups         : base
Provides       : None
Depends On     : bash  libarchive>=2.7.1  libfetch>=2.25  pacman-mirrorlist
Optional Deps  : fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user
                 curl: for rankmirrors usage
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 2244.00 K
Packager       : Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : i686
Build Date     : Fri 03 Sep 2010 09:12:12 PM EDT
Install Date   : Thu 16 Dec 2010 01:34:01 PM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : A library-based package manager with dependency support

Mr.Elendig · 2010-12-20 21:34:00

Use pacman -Syu foo instead of -S(y) foo.

champted · 2010-12-20 21:41:20

wonder wrote:

pacman -Syu lxde
we have now gnutls 2.10.4

Thank you. Did that, and all seems to have installed OK.

I will examine /var/log/pacman.log for things to do to follow up.

I did a pacman -Syu three days ago. That brings up a question: as a matter of course in the future, should I issue that command before I install a big meta-package like lxde, regardless of when I last issued it?

wonder · 2010-12-20 21:43:04

you should pacman -Syu before installing any packages

champted · 2010-12-20 22:18:19

wonder wrote:

you should pacman -Syu before installing any packages

OK, will do.

Thank you all for your help. I'm looking forward to getting Arch running.

I'll mark this as [SOLVED].

--champted

Arch Linux

#1 2010-12-20 19:27:08

[SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#2 2010-12-20 19:45:14

Re: [SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#3 2010-12-20 19:50:35

Re: [SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#4 2010-12-20 19:52:15

Re: [SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#5 2010-12-20 21:14:24

Re: [SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#6 2010-12-20 21:34:00

Re: [SOLVED]: gnutls not found after LXDE install attempt

#7 2010-12-20 21:41:20

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#8 2010-12-20 21:43:04

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#9 2010-12-20 22:18:19

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