[arch-general] ImageMagick package missing from repos

[Doug Newgard]

On 2014-07-31 08:22, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
> On Thursday 31 Jul 2014 18:48:46 Karthik K wrote:
>> Trying to install ImageMagick from the Arch repos, but I am constantly
>> getting a 404 not found error
>> 
>> "pacman -Ss imagemagick" returns
>> extra/imagemagick 6.8.9.5-1
>>     An image viewing/manipulation program
>> 
>> But "pacman -S imagemagick" throws the following error
>> error: failed retrieving file 
>> 'imagemagick-6.8.9.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
>> from ftp.iitm.ac.in : The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
>> 
>> I tried several mirrors and all are giving the same error
> 
> Your database is probably out of date. Try:
> 
> # pacman -Syy
> 
> and try again.
> 
> Paul

No, do not do -Syy, do -Syu or -Syyu. -Syy just leads to problems.

Doug