problems with pacman, when downlading packages | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

inland rivet Mar 15, 2023, 2:00 PM

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I am new to arch, and installed it on my laptop yesterday. I used the https://archlinuxgui.in/ installer, and have problems with pacman. Everytime I try downloading packages, it aborts and throws an error about conflicting packages. Here is the exact wording:

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: intalling flac (1.4.2-1) breaks dependency 'libFLAC.so=8-64' required by libsndfile

I tried fixing it for a while now, but I am not experienced enough in Linux to find a solution on my own.

Arch Linux GUI

Arch Linux installer

fervent osprey Mar 15, 2023, 2:07 PM

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What command are you using to install the package?

inland rivet Mar 15, 2023, 2:07 PM

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in this specific case:
sudo pacman -S firefox

fervent osprey Mar 15, 2023, 2:08 PM

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Try doing a system update (Syu) first, and see if that helps

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Also, I wouldn't recommend using third party installers, as Arch comes with archinstall now

inland rivet Mar 15, 2023, 2:13 PM

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It updated a lot of packages, but after downloading them, threw a lot of errors about signatures before stating:

error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrpted package(PGP Signature))

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so should I resinstall with archinstall?

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Haven't really done anything on the install yet, soo could do that

inland rivet Mar 15, 2023, 2:36 PM

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I'll just go ahead and do that

fervent osprey Mar 15, 2023, 2:47 PM

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Yeah that's probably just for the best

midnight garnet Mar 16, 2023, 10:17 AM

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Yeah i also installed arch using this way and also came across this problem. I don't remember how exactly i fixed it but I'll try.

Try doing this
sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring

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Aha this forum post fixed it for me in the
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=233480

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