Pacman upgrade removed it?

[twaddle]

Hi,

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this:


[root@Arch Linux ARM install ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 36.0K 41.6K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
extra 405.6K 169.2K/s 00:00:02 [######################] 100%
community 379.3K 488.1K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
aur 9.3K 3.8M/s 00:00:00 [######################] 100%
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y

resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.1.1-2/desc: No such file or directory

Targets (1): pacman-3.5.3-1

Total Download Size: 0.82 MB
Total Installed Size: 2.83 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
warning: no /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ cache exists, creating...
warning: couldn't create package cache, using /tmp instead
:: Retrieving packages from core...
pacman-3.5.3-1-arm 837.3K 595.2K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading pacman [######################] 100%
warning: warning given when extracting usr/lib/libalpm.a (Can't create '/usr/lib/libalpm.a')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/lib/libalpm.so.6.0.3 (Can't create '/usr/lib/libalpm.so.6.0.3')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/lib/libalpm.so (Can't create '/usr/lib/libalpm.so')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/lib/libalpm.so.6 (Can't create '/usr/lib/libalpm.so.6')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/include/alpm.h (Can't create '/usr/include/alpm.h')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/include/alpm_list.h (Can't create '/usr/include/alpm_list.h')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/repo-add (Can't create '/usr/bin/repo-add')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/pactree (Can't create '/usr/bin/pactree')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/makepkg (Can't create '/usr/bin/makepkg')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/testdb (Can't create '/usr/bin/testdb')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/rankmirrors (Can't create '/usr/bin/rankmirrors')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/pkgdelta (Can't create '/usr/bin/pkgdelta')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/repo-remove (Can't create '/usr/bin/repo-remove')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/testpkg (Can't create '/usr/bin/testpkg')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/pacman-optimize (Can't create '/usr/bin/pacman-optimize')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/pacman-db-upgrade (Can't create '/usr/bin/pacman-db-upgrade')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/cleanupdelta (Can't create '/usr/bin/cleanupdelta')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/pacman (Can't create '/usr/bin/pacman')
warning: warning given when extracting usr/bin/vercmp (Can't create '/usr/bin/vercmp')
/tmp/alpm_mtFlvr/.INSTALL: line 6: vercmp: command not found
/tmp/alpm_mtFlvr/.INSTALL: line 6: [: : integer expression expected
/tmp/alpm_mtFlvr/.INSTALL: line 9: vercmp: command not found
/tmp/alpm_mtFlvr/.INSTALL: line 9: [: : integer expression expected
New optional dependencies for pacman
curl: for rankmirrors usage
fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user
[root@Arch Linux ARM install ~]# pacman -Syu
-bash: /usr/bin/pacman: No such file or directory
[root@Arch Linux ARM install ~]# pacman -Syu
-bash: /usr/bin/pacman: No such file or directory
[root@Arch Linux ARM install ~]#


And can recommend a way to recover?

[twaddle]

Ok, small update.

Seems the issue is that even as root I can't write to /usr/lib and /usr/bin

currently set to 755 on both (i've not altered them)

Can't unpack the new pacman zip to / because of it.

http://pastebin.com/QMTwszMN

Example of the errors ^

[kmihelich]

Something has gone incredibly wrong with your install. I would suggest doing a fresh re-extract of the rootfs, and if you're using a flash drive find another one to use. Or better yet use a hard drive.

[Fieryphoenix]

I had this happen once at a time when I had just reinstalled. Naturally, I just reinstalled over again rather than try to fix it.