New user with pacman problem

Tamago · February 15, 2024, 11:02pm

Hi, i’m new to linux in general, i wanted a change so my friends recommend me linux (EndeavourOS) but i have some problems
In the installation (i choose online installation because i want xfce) when reaching %13 it stops for some minutes and then shows an error problem, something like “failed pacstrap” or something like that

2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2-any downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: linux-6.7.4.arch1-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: gcc-13.2.1-5-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: gcc-libs-13.2.1-5-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: linux-headers-6.7.4.arch1-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: perl-5.38.2-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: python-3.11.7-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: icu-74.2-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: glibc-2.39-1-x86_64 downloading..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: error: failed retrieving file 'glibc-2.39-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.melbourne.co.uk : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: error: failed retrieving file 'linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2-any.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.melbourne.co.uk : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: error: failed retrieving file 'linux-6.7.4.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.melbourne.co.uk : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: warning: too many errors from mirrors.melbourne.co.uk, skipping for the remainder of this transaction" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: error: failed retrieving file 'icu-74.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig' from mirrors.melbourne.co.uk : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: warning: failed to retrieve some files" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: [PYTHON JOB]: "pacstrap: ==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: virtual void Calamares::JobThread::run()
    Skipping non-emergency job "Generar el identificador único de máquina." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "fstab" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Configurar uso horario a America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Configurar modelo de teclado a pc105, distribución a es-" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "localecfg" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job " " 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "packages" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Configurando archivo de claves LUKS." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Omitir la escritura de la configuración de LUKS para Dracut: La partición «/» no está cifrada" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Configurar usuarios <pre>sudo</pre> ." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Preparando grupos." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Crear el usuario lucas" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Definir contraseña para el usuario lucas." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Definir contraseña para el usuario root." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Hostname: lucas-815" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "networkcfg" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "displaymanager" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "hwclock" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Remove unneeded ucode" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "eos_script" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "eos_script" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "eos_bootloader" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "grubcfg" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "windowsbootentry" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "bootloader" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "services-systemd" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Guardando archivos para más tarde..." 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Skipping non-emergency job "Copie registros y archivos del host al destino" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     ..  Starting EMERGENCY JOB "Desmontar los sistemas de archivos." ( 41 / 41 ) 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]: Calamares::JobResult unmountTargetMounts(const QString&)
    Read 5 entries from "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/sys") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:38 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:39 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:39 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/run/udev") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:39 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:39 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:39 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/run") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/proc") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx/dev") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("umount", "-lv", "/tmp/calamares-root-pzhzjlnx") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("udevadm", "settle") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. Running ("sync") 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
    ERROR: Installation failed: "Failed to run pacstrap" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. - message: "Failed to run pacstrap" 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]:     .. - details: Failed to run pacman
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
    Calamares will quit when the dialog closes. 
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]: QML Component (default slideshow) deactivated
2024-02-15 - 19:45:40 [6]: void Config::doNotify(bool, bool)
    Notification not sent; completion: failed

if someone know how to fix this please help me

pebcak · February 15, 2024, 11:05pm

You could try to refresh the mirrors from the welcome app before launching the installer.

freebird54 · February 15, 2024, 11:51pm

To expand on the (probably correct) suggestion above… the repositories (storage databases of all the packages that make up Arch) are kept on a series of ‘mirrors’ scattered over the world, some of which may be more up to date than others. If you utilize the Welcome app to refresh the list (choosing those near your country and so on) you will be more likely to have a good ‘set’ to work from - which will probably avoid what you saw before.

Tamago · February 16, 2024, 12:53am

that actually work, i feel kinda dumb lol, but thank you so much

Tamago · February 16, 2024, 12:55am

yeap, it was the mirrors
thanks

fbodymechanic · February 16, 2024, 1:14am

Please mark the post with the solution for you so that this can be marked [Solved] and others can look here for help.

Thanks!

system · February 18, 2024, 1:15am

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