Pacman Error Failed To Initialize Alpm Library
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1 #1 2012-01-21 19:31:23
Pacman Failed To Initialize Alpm Library
Snarkout Member Registered: 2005-11-13 Posts: 542 [solved - non-issue] error: failed to initialize alpm library (could not find or read directory: /var/lib/pacman/) error: failed to initialize alpm library I managed to blow up pacman during the recent
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upgrade, but fixed it with the help of some posts on the fora. That said, now when I run any recursive command, I get the following error:error: failed to initialize pacman arch alpm library (could not find or read directory)running a locate shows:# locate libalpm /usr/lib/libalpm.a /usr/lib/libalpm.so /usr/lib/libalpm.so.7 /usr/lib/libalpm.so.7.0.1 /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libalpm.mo /usr/share/man/man3/libalpm.3.gzAnyone know what I failed to fix after I broke pacman? Last edited by Snarkout (2012-01-22 17:42:34) Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. -Albert Einstein Offline #2 2012-01-21 19:55:56 falconindy Developer From: New York, USA Registered: 2009-10-22 Posts: 4,097 W
Sign in Pricing Blog Support Search GitHub This repository Watch 53 Star 398 Fork 149 Alexpux/MSYS2-packages Code Issues 154 Pull requests 12 Projects 0 Wiki Pulse Graphs New issue failed to initialize alpm library #75 Closed WscriChy opened this Issue Oct 4, 2014 · 2 comments Projects None yet Labels None yet Milestone No milestone Assignees No one assigned 2 participants WscriChy commented Oct 4, 2014 pacman -Ql error: failed to initialize alpm https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134070 library (database is incorrect version: /var/lib/pacman/) error: try running pacman-db-upgrade /E pacman -Su error: failed to initialize alpm library (database is incorrect version: /var/lib/pacman/) error: try running pacman-db-upgrade /E pacman -Suy error: failed to initialize alpm library (database is incorrect version: /var/lib/pacman/) error: try running pacman-db-upgrade WscriChy commented Oct 4, 2014 I am not a master https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/75 in pacman but that the command sequence which helped me pacman-db-upgrade pacman-key --init pacman-key --populate msys2 Then I ve got this problem warning: mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb: local (7.8-1) is newer than mingw64 (7.6.2-1) Which was solved by pacman -Syuu pacman -Syu If nobody has any problems of the same kind, the issue can be closed. Thank you for keeping updating the repositories. Owner Alexpux commented Oct 5, 2014 This issues is already described in some places: https://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/tickets/87/ Alexpux/MINGW-packages#240 Alexpux closed this Oct 5, 2014 Alexpux referenced this issue Oct 22, 2014 Closed packman -Syu downloads fail signature checks #102 Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment Contact GitHub API Training Shop Blog About © 2016 GitHub, Inc. Terms Privacy Security Status Help You can't perform that action at this time. You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.
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