Netinstall fails with missing dependency

ssivil · 2011-10-02 00:31:29

Because I was having problems after the 3.2 upgrade, I decided to do a fresh install using the 2011.08.19 Netinstall disc. Everything went fine until it tried to download the files. I get a message:

Cannot resolve "libffi", a dependency of "glib2" missing

If anyone can offer advice, I'd really appreciate it!

karol · 2011-10-02 00:38:06

Please get a fresh mirrorlist http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ and try again. Try changing mirrors.
The package is there http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50

ssivil · 2011-10-02 01:01:51

Thanks for responding!

I tried two locations from the disc, and manually entered another from the link you provided. Unfortunately all three give the same message.

I can't even imagine how to download the "libffi" using the netinstall disc. Any suggestions?

karol · 2011-10-02 01:10:32

Here are direct links for 32 http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra … /download/ and 64-bit http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra … /download/

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 01:15:42

Getting the same thing. Tried 4 different mirrors.

wonder · 2011-10-02 01:19:38

libffi needs to be moved in core because the installer only syncs core repository

Last edited by wonder (2011-10-02 01:20:29)

karol · 2011-10-02 01:29:51

wonder wrote:

libffi needs to be moved in core because the installer only syncs core repository

Should I open a bug report?

wonder · 2011-10-02 01:30:26

i just moved it

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 01:44:54

Still getting same error. What do I need to do to resolve this locally?

karol · 2011-10-02 01:53:22

adamcarr wrote:

Still getting same error. What do I need to do to resolve this locally?

If wonder is right, you just need to wait until the mirrors sync.

Install only the base packages and when you have Arch installed you can download all the packages you want.

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 01:56:35

That's what I thought but I'm just installing base packages and it's still failing. I'll be patient and continue to try. Should archlinux FTP be the first to update?

karol · 2011-10-02 02:02:10

adamcarr wrote:

That's what I thought but I'm just installing base packages and it's still failing.

What's the error? If you're not installing glib2, python / python2 etc., libffi shouldn't be needed.

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 02:09:48

The following cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
cryptsetup device-mapper gettext initscripts linux lvm2 pcmciautils syslog-ng udev

karol · 2011-10-02 02:15:35

adamcarr wrote:

The following cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
cryptsetup device-mapper gettext initscripts linux lvm2 pcmciautils syslog-ng udev

Ah, gettext depends on glib2.

Was there a rule that said packages in base should have dependencies in base group too?

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 02:51:15

Seems like a base install against archlinux servers is now working. Slow, but working. Thanks for the help. I'll let you know if I run into any other issues.

ozuze · 2011-10-02 04:00:01

I'm facing the same problem here with the net-install. Everything runs smooth until i reach the step where I have to install the packages, then I receive the same errors you guys mentioned:

warning: Cannot resolve "libffi", a dependency of "glib2"

I tried changing my mirrors and also tried installing only the base packages, but it still not working.

anyone knows how to tackle this issue?

Last edited by ozuze (2011-10-02 04:01:29)

adamcarr · 2011-10-02 04:10:38

Mine works only installing base packages against ftp.archlinux.org. Slow but works.

Allan · 2011-10-02 04:31:51

ozuze wrote:

anyone knows how to tackle this issue?

Wait a couple of hours for the mirrors to sync. Just like the advise a few posts above yours...

ozuze · 2011-10-02 04:37:07

Allan wrote:

ozuze wrote:
anyone knows how to tackle this issue?
Wait a couple of hours for the mirrors to sync. Just like the advise a few posts above yours...

waiting hurts

its working now...did like adamcarr..."only installing base packages against ftp.archlinux.org"..

I choose a bad day to install arch....

Last edited by ozuze (2011-10-02 05:24:24)

ssivil · 2011-10-02 13:34:13

It's now working for me as well!

I gave up last night after trying at least a dozen different locations. This morning it worked like a charm. At least I had a reason to get 'loaded'!

Thanks for all who tried helping!!

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