[arch-general] unable to install anything via yaourt

[Ty John]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:24:41 +0530
Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 02/01/11 17:47, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Martin Panter
> >> <vadmium+al at gmail.com
> >> <vadmium%2Bal at gmail.com><vadmium%2Bal at gmail.com<vadmium%252Bal at gmail.com>
> >> >
> >>
> >>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>
> >>  On 2 January 2011 02:07, Madhurya Kakati<mkakati2805 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> When I try to install anything via yaourt i get this error
> >>>> "xz: error while loading shared libraries: liblzma.so.0: cannot
> >>>> open
> >>>>
> >>> shared
> >>>
> >>>> object file: No such file or directory".
> >>>> I have a fully updated system.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> A while ago I was caught with a (partial) update deleting the
> >>> liblzma.so.0 file (that my installed version of pacman needed) by
> >>> "updating" it to libzlma.so.5. Maybe double check everything is
> >>> fully up-to-date. For instance on my computer I have xz 5
> >>> installed:
> >>>
> >>> $ pacman -Qo "$(which xz)"
> >>> /usr/bin/xz is owned by xz 5.0.0-1
> >>> $ ldd "$(which xz)"
> >>> . . .
> >>>        liblzma.so.5 =>  /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f8794f87000)
> >>> . . .
> >>> $ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5
> >>> /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 is owned by xz 5.0.0-1
> >>>
> >>> Maybe reinstall xz 5, in case something has overwritten it with an
> >>> older version?
> >>>
> >>> -Martin
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Heres the output of the following commands in my system:
> >>  $ pacman -Qo "$(which xz)"
> >> error: No package owns /usr/local/bin/xz
> >>
> >>
> > There goes your issue...   You have put your own copy of xz
> > in /usr/local. No Arch packages install there.
> >
> > so how do i remove it from there and install it in the right place?

Well how did it get there in the first place? You must have edited the
PKGBUILD from abs before installing.
You should be able to just reinstall the xz package from the official
mirror for it to be installed in the correct place.