[arch-general] Not able to do system updates
I don't know what happened, but overnight, my system doesn't seem to allow me to update or install packages. I tried with 'sudo pacman -Su' and with 'yaourt -Su' and nothing. I know of at least 10 packages that need to be updated from yesterday. And on further testing, I can't install new packages either. I want to try out the go-openoffice and oss packages, but it won't download. When I do an update though (yaourt -Sy), it does download the new package lists and the files in /var/lib/pacman are updated. Anything any of you might want me to try to figure this out, it'll be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Will
Anything any of you might want me to try to figure this out, it'll be greatly appreciated.
Any kind of error message? You know, I am not aware of clairvoyance capabilities showed by anyone on this list... Is your disk full (tried "df -h"?)? You can remove cached packages (downloaded and stored by pacman in some previous installation) with "sudo pacman -Scc" (answer yes to both questions). Is your internet connection working? Greetings, Marco
Marco, I'm not expecting anyone to be clairvoyant, that's why I'm asking for help :P - the disk has got 7G left on it - the internet is working fine. Like I mentioned, I'm able to download the update lists, but from that point it won't do anything else. Thanks, Will On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Marco<domanov@gmail.com> wrote:
Anything any of you might want me to try to figure this out, it'll be greatly appreciated.
Any kind of error message? You know, I am not aware of clairvoyance capabilities showed by anyone on this list... Is your disk full (tried "df -h"?)? You can remove cached packages (downloaded and stored by pacman in some previous installation) with "sudo pacman -Scc" (answer yes to both questions). Is your internet connection working?
Greetings, Marco
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Will Siddall<will.siddall@gmail.com> wrote:
Marco, I'm not expecting anyone to be clairvoyant, that's why I'm asking for help :P
- the disk has got 7G left on it - the internet is working fine. Like I mentioned, I'm able to download the update lists, but from that point it won't do anything else.
Which mirror are you using, and how often does it synchronize? Don't you just need to be more patient?
Excerpts from Will Siddall's message of Thu Jun 25 09:33:40 -0400 2009:
I tried with 'sudo pacman -Su' and with 'yaourt -Su' and nothing.
So... for the record, there is _no_ output from pacman? -- Andrei Thorp, Developer: Xandros Corp. (http://www.xandros.com) [...] or some clown changed the chips on a board and not its name. (Don't laugh! Look at the SMC etherpower for that.) -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS
I had this happen to me with the kernel upgrade, and its just the case of the repository mirror not being instantly updated. Thats how I learned to stop worrying and trust the pacman (and yaourt to some degree). justin On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Andrei Thorp <garoth@gmail.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Will Siddall's message of Thu Jun 25 09:33:40 -0400 2009:
I tried with 'sudo pacman -Su' and with 'yaourt -Su' and nothing.
So... for the record, there is _no_ output from pacman? -- Andrei Thorp, Developer: Xandros Corp. (http://www.xandros.com)
[...] or some clown changed the chips on a board and not its name. (Don't laugh! Look at the SMC etherpower for that.) -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS
Thanks everyone for the responses. I can't be sure that it's the repository since I've been putting off upgrading my Amarok lately, so that's constantly in the list... and even that's gone now. And there is output from pacman, just 'No upgrades found' I just re-ran rankmirrors and tried again... no difference Will On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:57 AM, justin caratzas<justin.caratzas@gmail.com> wrote:
I had this happen to me with the kernel upgrade, and its just the case of the repository mirror not being instantly updated. Thats how I learned to stop worrying and trust the pacman (and yaourt to some degree).
justin
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Andrei Thorp <garoth@gmail.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Will Siddall's message of Thu Jun 25 09:33:40 -0400 2009:
I tried with 'sudo pacman -Su' and with 'yaourt -Su' and nothing.
So... for the record, there is _no_ output from pacman? -- Andrei Thorp, Developer: Xandros Corp. (http://www.xandros.com)
[...] or some clown changed the chips on a board and not its name. (Don't laugh! Look at the SMC etherpower for that.) -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS
Alright, after looking up the mirror's list (http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html), I pointed to one of the more recently updated mirrors and ran the update. This worked. I can download and upgrade my system. When I set my mirrors list back, and re-synchronize, everything is back to normal. I don't know what happened, or why it caused this, but it's back together again. Thanks for the help. Will On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Will Siddall<will.siddall@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks everyone for the responses. I can't be sure that it's the repository since I've been putting off upgrading my Amarok lately, so that's constantly in the list... and even that's gone now.
And there is output from pacman, just 'No upgrades found'
I just re-ran rankmirrors and tried again... no difference
Will
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:57 AM, justin caratzas<justin.caratzas@gmail.com> wrote:
I had this happen to me with the kernel upgrade, and its just the case of the repository mirror not being instantly updated. Thats how I learned to stop worrying and trust the pacman (and yaourt to some degree).
justin
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Andrei Thorp <garoth@gmail.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Will Siddall's message of Thu Jun 25 09:33:40 -0400 2009:
I tried with 'sudo pacman -Su' and with 'yaourt -Su' and nothing.
So... for the record, there is _no_ output from pacman? -- Andrei Thorp, Developer: Xandros Corp. (http://www.xandros.com)
[...] or some clown changed the chips on a board and not its name. (Don't laugh! Look at the SMC etherpower for that.) -- from /usr/src/linux/MAINTAINERS
Will Siddall schrieb:
Alright, after looking up the mirror's list (http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html), I pointed to one of the more recently updated mirrors and ran the update. This worked. I can download and upgrade my system.
When I set my mirrors list back, and re-synchronize, everything is back to normal.
Maybe you should have tried pacman -Syy, that often helps.
Thanks Thomas, I'll be sure to try that next time :P. Sorry to waste your time with this. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Thomas Bächler<thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Will Siddall schrieb:
Alright, after looking up the mirror's list (http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html), I pointed to one of the more recently updated mirrors and ran the update. This worked. I can download and upgrade my system.
When I set my mirrors list back, and re-synchronize, everything is back to normal.
Maybe you should have tried pacman -Syy, that often helps.
participants (6)
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Andrei Thorp
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justin caratzas
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Marco
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Thomas Bächler
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Will Siddall
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Xavier