Pacman not working

oceanliu · 2011-08-04 15:41:33

i just install archlinux, and have my network working well, but when i tried to get package through pacman, it always return the same result: target not found, i have checked that the package is on the official package database and the mirror i am using is said to be sycned and updated.
because i can't get a xorg-server, i don't have a graphic desktop and can't post all the code here. but i believe all my pacman.confg is default and i have uncomment "core" "community" and "extra" as source.
when i debug the pacman, i don't get anything unusual except one: "'pacman' not found in sync db => no upgrade", i don't if that helps.
now i am out of idea of what to do with it

karol · 2011-08-04 15:46:42

Have you run 'pacman -Syu' or it's not working either?

Last edited by karol (2011-08-04 15:49:48)

lilsirecho · 2011-08-04 15:47:31

Perhaps you need to run..... pacman -Syy.....and ...pacman -S pacman.... to initiate pacman.

If you did not use FTP install, the kernel in 2010-05 is very old and several steps are needed to re-initiate pacman.

You may need to perform ....pacman-db-upgrade......as well to correct your db. That command has no spaces. Probably run it first.

oceanliu · 2011-08-04 15:48:27

it said: "there is nothing to do"
but i am not sure whether it has done anything.

oceanliu · 2011-08-04 15:53:41

lilsirecho wrote:

Perhaps you need to run..... pacman -Syy.....and ...pacman -S pacman.... to initiate pacman.
If you did not use FTP install, the kernel in 2010-05 is very old and several steps are needed to re-initiate pacman.
You may need to perform ....pacman-db-upgrade......as well to correct your db. That command has no spaces. Probably run it first.

i tried pacman -Syy and nothing happend, not even showed anything after several "download ..."
i will try pacman-db-upgrade when i get my computer,
but i am now using the 2011-6-10 test version kernel so i think it is up-to-date.

Lone_Wolf · 2011-08-04 16:06:14

'nothing to do ' means that pacman thinks your system is uptodate.

what is the EXACT command that gives you the 'target not found' message ?

oceanliu · 2011-08-04 16:12:46

Lone_Wolf wrote:

'nothing to do ' means that pacman thinks your system is uptodate.
what is the EXACT command that gives you the 'target not found' message ?

every time when i use 'pacman -S ***' like 'pacman -S xorg-server'

Lone_Wolf · 2011-08-04 16:20:43

try

# pacman -Si kernel26

#pacman -Ss linux

the first command will give details about the kernel your pacman knows about, the 2nd should give a long list.
post the kernel version and the number of packages on the list

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2011-08-04 16:20:57)

lolilolicon · 2011-08-04 16:32:51

Post your /etc/pacman.conf
Also check the output of `ls -l /var/lib/pacman/sync' to see if the *.db files are there. Post the output as well.

jasonwryan · 2011-08-04 18:32:50

oceanlieu - please don't cross post. Your original thread has exactly the same suggestions and requests for your conf files: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121919

oceanliu · 2011-08-05 01:13:09

ok, i think this problem is solved, although i don't know the reason.
when i changed a different network, the pacman just went back to normal by itself.
Thanks for the help!

binskipy2u · 2011-08-07 23:08:02

I have this same problem.. what did you do please??????

3 threads like this, no one posted what they did to solve the problem

karol · 2011-08-07 23:08:57

binskipy2u wrote:

I have this same problem.. what did you do please??????
3 threads like this, no one posted what they did to solve the problem

Try switching to another mirror.

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