pacman -Syu recommended?

[chadr]

I have a pink pogoplug and was trying to install some packages today and wondered whether I should update everything. Is a command like pacman -Syu recommended?

[kmihelich]

No. We only update packages daily for fun, they're not meant to actually be used.

[WarheadsSE]

This command ends in an error. Should I be answering no to some of these questions?

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[root@pogo chadr]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                           185.0   B  12.0K/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
 core is up to date
 extra                          185.0   B   449K/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
 extra is up to date
 community                      185.0   B   472K/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
 community is up to date
 alarm                          185.0   B   475K/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
 alarm is up to date
 aur                            185.0   B  1423K/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
 aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...


:: Replace iptraf with extra/iptraf-ng? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux-mmp? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux-raspberrypi? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers-mmp? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers-raspberrypi? [Y/n]
:: Replace libjpeg with extra/libjpeg-turbo? [Y/n]
:: Replace module-init-tools with core/kmod? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
warning: removing 'linux' from target list because it conflicts with 'linux-mmp'
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: linux-raspberrypi and linux-mmp are in conflict


[kmihelich]

You are way behind in updates.

pacman -S linux linux-headers, say yes to replace kernel26 stuff, then pacman -Syu

[Pastis]

I had similar problems and have been able to update. You should update sysvinit first with pacman -S sysvinit and the command given by kmihelich will do the trick.


History of commands. Not all of them should be used but it worked for me so I let them here

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pacman -S filesystem
pacman -S kmod
pacman -S linux-headers
pacman -S sysvinit
pacman -S linux
pacman -Syu
rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
pacman -Syu

Initial situation

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[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                                       184.0   B  12.0K/s 00:00 [################################################] 100%
 core is up to date
 extra                                                      184.0   B  1321K/s 00:00 [################################################] 100%
 extra is up to date
 community                                                  184.0   B   478K/s 00:00 [################################################] 100%
 community is up to date
 alarm                                                      184.0   B   488K/s 00:00 [################################################] 100%
 alarm is up to date
 aur                                                        184.0   B   475K/s 00:00 [################################################] 100%
 aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux-mmp? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26 with core/linux-raspberrypi? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers-mmp? [Y/n]
:: Replace kernel26-headers with core/linux-headers-raspberrypi? [Y/n]
:: Replace module-init-tools with core/kmod? [Y/n]
:: Replace procps with core/procps-ng? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
warning: removing 'linux' from target list because it conflicts with 'linux-mmp'
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: linux-raspberrypi and linux-mmp are in conflict

[tomcheng76]

No. We only update packages daily for fun, they're not meant to actually be used.

Do you mean "pacman -Sy" and "pacman -S package" daily ?

OR

Do you mean "pacman -S package" until 404 error OR unsatisfying dependency happen, then "pacman -Sy" ?

[WarheadsSE]

Sy is generally a best option because it updates your local index.

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

Anyone still monitoring this thread? I am trying to update but the commands posted here still do not work and I am getting the same message..