[aur-general] ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

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On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:49:57 +0530
Edward Torvalds <ltorvalds024 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am not able to install any package using 'yaourt' (although I can
> using pacman).
> No matter what package I try to install I end up with same error again
> and again, and it asks me to rebuild that package again. Error:
> 
> ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be
> preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
> 
> I tried to fix this error by live booting Arch Linux and reinstalling
> my base again but it did not help:
> 
> pacstrap -cG /path/to/my/root base base-devel --force
> 
> Please suggest how to fix this error. Please ask for any more
> information you need about my system.
> 
> I am using latest version of Arch Linux 64 bit. I have fakeroot, base-
> devel packages installed. Thanks

Did you rebuild pkgquery and yaourt after the pacman update?

Peter