Reflector-auto is not found by pacman

Maybe the issue is that I installed the distro with one of the beta versions… there may be some Antergos stuff that was removed at a later stage.

Please find below the content of my pacman.conf file: https://pastebin.com/N7eCVjHF

Thanks for your support!

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

Is changed…

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

please check also the output of:

pacman -Qs endeavour

local/endeavouros-keyring 1-4
    EndeavourOS keyring
local/endeavouros-mirrorlist 1-6
    EndeavourOS mirrorlist

I did not change it :slight_smile: that’s why I think that it is a problem of the beta releases…

Anyway, if I run pacman -Qs endevaour, I do not obtain anything.

What should I do? Shall I update the pacman.conf and the pacman.d files?

Dear colleagues,
Ringo (thanks!) helped me find the solution in the telegram channel. The steps are:

  1. Use this endeavouros-mirrorlist: http://ix.io/1T76. It must be saved in /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist;
  2. Update pacman.conf to: [endeavouros]
    SigLevel = PackageRequired
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist;
  3. sudo pacman -U the keyring and mirrorlist: https://sourceforge.net/projects/endeavour-repository/files/repository/endeavouros-keyring-1-1-any.pkg.tar.xz/download;
  4. pacman -Syy
  5. sudo pacman -S endevaouros-mirrorlist

Now I have been able to install reflector-auto.

All the best

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good to see it is working now, it will work also to download and install endeavouros-mirrorlist/-keyring before changing pacman.conf, then change it to the new repo an update db and system with
sudo pacman -Syyu

May more users still not change this running EOS from the first beta?

i do have a look…

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Normally other users zill have the same problem but as long as they do not try to grab something from the endevaour repo, everything will work for them…

Maybe stupid question, but after running sudo pacman -Syyu I get:
→ gettext: local (0.20.1-1) is newer than core (0.19.8.1-3)
→ harfbuzz: local (2.6.1-1) is newer than extra (2.6.0-1)
→ harfbuzz-icu: local (2.6.1-1) is newer than extra (2.6.0-1)
→ libuv: local (1.31.0-1) is newer than extra (1.30.1-1)
→ npm: local (6.11.2-1) is newer than community (6.11.1-1)
→ Missing AUR Packages: endeavour-keyring endeavour-mirrorlist

Is my computer going to explode? Should I be worried? :sweat_smile:

Missing AUR Packages: endeavour-keyring endeavour-mirrorlist
needs to be uninstalled :wink:

thats why i do ask for
pacman -Qs endeavour
before… what could have shown this two ones…

sudo pacman -R endeavour-keyring endeavour-mirrorlist

sudo pacman -Syy
to sync databases…

@VanQuijote should fixed right now :smiley:

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you hit me at telegram?

Yes, now everything works and looks fine :slight_smile:
Thank you very much everyone!

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The other post said there was stuff missing from the page and gave some other explanation on how to install reflector-auto. The only thing i could see is ctrl + o + enter to save but i guess it saves it and closes in one operation then with just ctrl + x? I thought maybe it needed to be saved first or it just exited?

Forget that. The “only” thing missing on the Wiki-tutorial in my opinion is a short notice that the addressed package is only part of the EOS repositories at this time.
A non EOS user can install them too, though. My instructions will work an any arch distro as opposed to the Wiki, which will only work for an EOS user.

The only issue i saw with the instructions is that i thought you had to save the file first in nano with ctrl +o + enter otherwise i thought it just exited without saving when you use ctrl + x. I thought maybe that was a missed step. Maybe i’m wrong but every editor is different and a lot of users including myself don’t know ALL the functions of different editors. So if it’s nano, or gedit or vi or whatever is being used if you tell them to save the file and then tell them to exit they may not know how unless you tell them and explain. I didn’t think it automatically saved the file if you exited unless it was a file that already existed and you were making changes. But if it’s a new file being created that’s what i thought? :disappointed:

Nano will ask to save the file after pressing Ctrl + X…

I do add a note about the option to use the PKGBUILD available on AUR on the wiki already.

And please calm down, we are here as friends and the main interest on the forum is a friendly community helping each other.

I thought if the file was blank and you are creating it for the first time it would just exit. IJust out of habit i always seem to use ctrl + o + enter first. :disappointed:

Only if the file is empty afaik

This is what i thought on that file that it is empty an we are creating it for the first time? Was i wrong? That’s why i thought that step was missing? Or does the installation of reflector-auto create it automatically and we just edit it? I didn’t see any info in the file when i edited it.

To exit nano , type Ctrl + X . If you ask nano to exit from a modified file , it will ask you if you want to save it.