Failed pacman System update - Alpm

Six · June 27, 2024, 4:41pm

Hello,
i just tryed to update my system and got this error after initialize the “eos-update --aur”.

Fehler: Alpm-Bibliothek konnte nicht initialisiert werden:
(root: /, dbpath: /var/lib/pacman/)
Konnte Verzeichnis nicht finden oder lesen

(sorry for the german output)

I also tryed “pacman -Sy --debug” with this output:

debug: pacman v6.1.0 - libalpm v14.0.0
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: Architecture: auto
debug: config: arch: x86_64
debug: config: chomp
debug: config: verbosepkglists
debug: config: SigLevel: Required
debug: config: SigLevel: DatabaseOptional
debug: config: LocalFileSigLevel: Optional
debug: config: new section 'endeavouros'
debug: config: SigLevel: PackageRequired
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 77: including /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 83: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 86: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 92: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'multilib-testing'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 98: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'multilib'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 101: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
��Uug: config: finished parsing �
debug: setup_libalpm called
Fehler: Alpm-Bibliothek konnte nicht initialisiert werden:
(root: /, dbpath: /var/lib/pacman/)
Konnte Verzeichnis nicht finden oder lesen

Can someone help me out?

pebcak · June 27, 2024, 4:57pm

What is the output of:

ls -al /var/lib/pacman

ls -al /var/lib/pacman/local/ALPM_DB_VERSION

cat /etc/pacman.conf

?

Six · June 28, 2024, 1:18pm

Hi,

ls -al /var/lib/pacman says:

ls: Zugriff auf '/var/lib/pacman' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

(no file or directory found)

ls -al /var/lib/pacman/local/ALPM_DB_VERSION

ls: Zugriff auf '/var/lib/pacman/local/ALPM_DB_VERSION' nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

(also no file or directory found)

cat /etc/pacman.conf

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
ILoveCandy
#NoProgressBar
#CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
DisableDownloadTimeout
ParallelDownloads = 5

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

[endeavouros]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

[multilib-testing]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

manuel · June 28, 2024, 1:25pm

Remove those lines, they are no more used.

Then run

sudo pacman -S pacman

and if that works, run

sudo pacman -Syu

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 1:25pm

Looks like your sync and local databases are gone

The sync databases can get recreated easily but the local database which contains information about the packages installed in your system is more problematic.

The only thing I could think of is following the instructions described in the link below to restore your local database: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Restore_local_database

Also, why would you need to enable multilib-testing repsitory ?

Six · June 28, 2024, 1:30pm

I just saw that i have only a pacman.backup in the var/lib/ directory.
It contains a “local” and “sync” folder with files and zips.
Ist there a way i can restore it…maybe just rename the folder?

sudo pacman -S pacman

get the same error as in my first post

manuel · June 28, 2024, 1:34pm

Maybe you have some unsupported program managing packages?
You could try simply creating folder

sudo mkdir /var/lib/pacman

and then run

eos-update

Six · June 28, 2024, 1:38pm

I tryed and can initialize an system update. But the system tells me that there is nothing to do… What i doubt, because i dont used the laptop for more than 4 weeks.

:: Paketdatenbanken werden synchronisiert …
 endeavouros ist aktuell
 core ist aktuell
 extra ist aktuell
 community ist aktuell
 multilib-testing ist aktuell
 multilib ist aktuell
:: Durchsuche AUR nach Updates...
:: Durchsuche Datenbanken nach Updates...
 es gibt nichts zu tun

Drücke ENTER um dieses Fenster zu schließen:

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 1:39pm

Rename /var/lib/pacman.backup to /var/lib/pacman and if you are lucky that your local database is intact then your pacman should work as intended:

sudo pacman -Syu

That is because you are still lacking the local database in /var/lib/pacman.

manuel · June 28, 2024, 1:40pm

That sounds like a mirrorlist problem.
You can try what @pebcak suggested. If that fails, try updating the Arch mirrors with the Welcome app.

Six · June 28, 2024, 1:50pm

I tryed to rename via

mv pacman.backup pacman

in the var/lib/ direcory. But it doesnt work. Can you tell me the command to rename a directory please?

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 1:55pm

Do you already have a /var/lib/pacman directory?

If you do (I guess you do since you ran a mkdir command before), run:

sudo cp -r /var/lib/pacman.backup/* /var/lib/pacman/

to copy the content of pacman.backup to pacman.

Then run: sudo pacman -Syu

Six · June 28, 2024, 2:01pm

Ok one step further…
sudo pacman -Syu

: Paketdatenbanken werden synchronisiert …
 endeavouros ist aktuell
 core ist aktuell
 extra ist aktuell
 community ist aktuell
 multilib-testing ist aktuell
 multilib ist aktuell
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'endeavouros.db' nicht von mirror.moson.org übertragen : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
:: Vollständige Systemaktualisierung wird gestartet …
:: dbus-python durch extra/python-dbus ersetzen? [J/n] j
Abhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst …
Warnung: Kann "libcap=2.70" nicht auflösen (eine Abhängigkeit von "lib32-libcap")
Warnung: Kann "libcap=2.70" nicht auflösen (eine Abhängigkeit von "lib32-libcap")
:: Das folgende Paket kann aufgrund nicht auflösbarer Abhängigkeiten nicht aktualisiert werden:
      lib32-libcap

:: Möchten Sie das oben genannte Paket bei dieser Aktualisierung überspringen? [j/N] j
Nach in Konflikt stehenden Paketen wird gesucht …
Fehler: Vorgang konnte nicht vorbereitet werden (Kann Abhängigkeiten nicht erfüllen)
:: Installation von icu (75.1-1) verletzt Abhängigkeit »libicui18n.so=74-64«, benötigt von electron25
:: Installation von icu (75.1-1) verletzt Abhängigkeit »libicuuc.so=74-64«, benötigt von electron25

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 2:03pm

Could you run this:

LANG=C sudo pacman -Syu and post the output in English?

manuel · June 28, 2024, 2:03pm

Can you show the contents of the mirrorlists:

cat /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist | eos-sendlog
cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | eos-sendlog

Six · June 28, 2024, 2:05pm

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib-testing is up to date
 multilib is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from arch.phinau.de : Failed to connect to arch.phinau.de port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from arch.phinau.de : Failed to connect to arch.phinau.de port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from arch.phinau.de : Failed to connect to arch.phinau.de port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
warning: too many errors from arch.phinau.de, skipping for the remainder of this transaction
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib-testing.db' from arch.phinau.de : Failed to connect to arch.phinau.de port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from arch.phinau.de : Failed to connect to arch.phinau.de port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace dbus-python with extra/python-dbus? [Y/n] n
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "libcap=2.70", a dependency of "lib32-libcap"
warning: cannot resolve "libcap=2.70", a dependency of "lib32-libcap"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      lib32-libcap

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] n
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'libcap=2.70' required by lib32-libcap
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'libcap=2.70' required by lib32-libcap

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 2:07pm

Refresh your mirrorlist:

reflector --latest 7 --sort rate --protocol https | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Then run again:

LANG=C sudo pacman -Syyu

Six · June 28, 2024, 2:07pm

cat /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist | eos-sendlog

######################################################
####                                              ####
###        EndeavourOS Repository Mirrorlist       ###
####                                              ####
######################################################
#### Entry in file /etc/pacman.conf:
###     [endeavouros]
###     SigLevel = PackageRequired
###     Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
######################################################
### Tip: Use the 'eos-rankmirrors' program to rank
###      these mirrors or re-order them manually.
######################################################

## Canada
#Server = https://ca.gate.endeavouros.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## China
#Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## Germany
#Server = https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://de.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## France
#Server = https://endeavour.remi.lu/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.jordanrey.me/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## Singapore
#Server = https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch

## South Korea
#Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## Sweden
#Server = https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.linux.pizza/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch

## Taiwan
#Server = https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch

## Ukraine
#Server = https://fastmirror.pp.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch


# Results of mirror ranking at (UTC) 14.02.2023 20:27:15:
# The following fields are shown for each mirror:
#   mirror:          The mirror address
#   update-level:    Ordinal number of the latest update (larger is newer)
#   fetch-time:      Measures the speed of the mirror (smaller is faster)
#
# mirror                                                             update-level  fetch-time
# ~~~~~~                                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~
# https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch              1790          0.222726
# https://de.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch                1790          0.256557
# https://endeavour.remi.lu/repo/$repo/$arch                         1790          0.308685
# https://mirror.linux.pizza/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch            1790          0.338460
# https://mirror.jordanrey.me/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch           1790          0.357561
# https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch               1790          0.360983
# https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch         1790          0.364843
# https://ca.gate.endeavouros.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch       1790          0.523974
# https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch            1790          0.779228
# https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch               1790          0.798493
# https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch            1790          0.994965
# https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch  1790          1.217789
# https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch           1790          1.308728
# https://fastmirror.pp.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch              1790          1.972272

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# EndeavourOS mirrorlist:
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Server = https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://de.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://endeavour.remi.lu/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.linux.pizza/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.jordanrey.me/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://ca.gate.endeavouros.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://fastmirror.pp.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | eos-sendlog

################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################
# With:       reflector --verbose -c DE -c NL --protocol https --sort rate --latest 20 --download-timeout 5 --threads 5
# When:       2024-02-19 10:20:59 UTC
# From:       https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
# Retrieved:  2024-02-19 10:20:18 UTC
# Last Check: 2024-02-19 10:18:47 UTC

## Germany
Server = https://arch.phinau.de/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://archlinux.thaller.ws/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.pagenotfound.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.moson.org/arch/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.sunred.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirrors.niyawe.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://de.arch.mirror.kescher.at/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.ubrco.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.selfnet.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://packages.oth-regensburg.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.kumi.systems/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.hugo-betrugo.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://arch.unixpeople.org/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.cmt.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://dist-mirror.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://arch.kurdy.org/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.netcologne.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirror.informatik.tu-freiberg.de/arch/$repo/os/$arch

## Germany
Server = https://mirrors.xtom.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Six · June 28, 2024, 2:09pm

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros                               15,0 KiB   105 KiB/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------] 100%
 core                                     121,1 KiB   356 KiB/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------] 100%
 extra                                      7,9 MiB  3,59 MiB/s 00:02 [--------------------------------------] 100%
 community                                 45,0   B   208   B/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib-testing                           3,8 KiB  17,0 KiB/s 00:00 [--------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib                                 138,9 KiB   267 KiB/s 00:01 [--------------------------------------] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace dbus-python with extra/python-dbus? [Y/n] n
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing icu (75.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=74-64' required by electron25
:: installing icu (75.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=74-64' required by electron25

pebcak · June 28, 2024, 2:11pm

Disable this repo in /etc/pacman.conf

Most probably you don’t need this package.

Try removing it by: sudo pacman -R electron25

Then run: LANG=C sudo pacman -Syyuu

Say Y (yes) to the replacement.