I encountered the error The package manager could not make changes to the installed system
while trying to reinstall my EOS. I initially thought it was a problem with Ventoy since I also received an error related to it on other ISO. So I tried BalenaEtcher but I guess its the same.
Logs
Summary
details: The package manager could not make changes to the installed system. The command <pre>pacman -S --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed --disable-download-timeout libwnck3 mesa-utils xf86-input-libinput xorg-xdpyinfo xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xinput xorg-xkill xorg-xrandr xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-ati b43-fwcutter broadcom-wl-dkms dnsmasq dnsutils ethtool iwd modemmanager networkmanager networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn nss-mdns openssh usb_modeswitch wpa_supplicant xl2tpd downgrade pacman-contrib pkgfile rebuild-detector reflector yay accountsservice bash-completion bluez bluez-utils ffmpegthumbnailer gst-libav gst-plugin-pipewire gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly libdvdcss libgsf libopenraw plocate poppler-glib xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils efitools haveged nfs-utils nilfs-utils ntp smartmontools unrar unzip xz cantarell-fonts freetype2 noto-fonts noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-extra ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation ttf-opensans alsa-firmware alsa-plugins alsa-utils pavucontrol pipewire-pulse wireplumber pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack rtkit dmidecode dmraid hdparm hwdetect lsscsi mtools sg3_utils sof-firmware power-profiles-daemon upower endeavouros-theming eos-apps-info eos-log-tool eos-packagelist eos-quickstart eos-rankmirrors reflector-simple welcome duf findutils git glances hwinfo inxi meld nano-syntax-highlighting pv python-defusedxml python-packaging rsync tldr sed vi wget firewalld python-pyqt5 python-capng</pre> returned error code 1.
mirror issue or general network problem:
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from fosszone.csd.auth.gr : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'eos-bash-shared-24.17.6-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from fastmirror.pp.ua : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from fastmirror.pp.ua : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'eos-bash-shared-24.17.6-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.rz.tu-bs.de : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.rz.tu-bs.de : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'eos-bash-shared-24.17.6-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.sjtu.edu.cn : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.sjtu.edu.cn : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.c0urier.net : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'eos-bash-shared-24.17.6-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.c0urier.net : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'downgrade-11.4.2-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.belnet.be : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed retrieving file 'eos-bash-shared-24.17.6-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.belnet.be : The requested URL returned error: 404"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "warning: failed to retrieve some files"
2025-01-06 - 10:25:15 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files)"
use mirror ranking from welcome before starting installer. may adding fallback country like US Germany or other nearby countries to your place.