Could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/g

[dsebilleau]

I have had a similar problem in the last four days. Each time I trued tu update, I get the error message:

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/go-2:1.17.7-1/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: could not fully load metadata for package go-2:1.17.7-1
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Press enter to exit

I browsed through the Garuda forum, but could not find a solution.
I have tried updating the mirrors and the keyrings prior to updating,
but to no avail. I have also tried "sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/sync/* "
as proposed in this forum, but again, still no way to update. Has anybody
and idea on the subject ?

Thanks

[filo]

Hi there, welcome!

@dsebilleau

I have had a similar problem in the last four days

Nope, this looks like a different problem, so you should open a new topic.
Before doing that, give a look here, if there is anything you have not yet tried:

Issues with “signature is marginal trust”, "signature is unknown trust", or “invalid or corrupted package”

If you're getting an error similar to "Can’t update: signature from *** is marginal trust" or "invalid or corrupted package" you probably just need to update your package signing keys: sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring chaotic-keyring sudo pacman -Syu If you have added any other repositories, e.g. BlackArch, then add their keyring to the list. Also make sure your system clock is correct! Of course, it's also possible that the package file actually is corrupt. Remove it from /var/cache/pacman…

[jonathon]

@dsebilleau

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/go-2:1.17.7-1/desc: No such file or directory

Error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/…/{desc,files,mtree}: No such file or directory

Your local package database and/or metadata may become corrupted if an update process is interrupted, for example if you hard power off during an update. Metadata corruption will generally manifest in a message similar to: error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel/desc: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel/files: No such file or directory error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/$pkgname-$pkg…

[dsebilleau]

I did try what you suggest: sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring chaotic-keyring sudo pacman -Syu
but it did not change anything.

In /var/cache/pacman, I have two packages related to the error message: the tar.zst
and the tar.zst.sig. Shall I remove the two (I'm new to arch linux, I was running .deb based
and .rpm based distros before) ?

[filo]

Proceed with the tutorial linked by @jonathon.

sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/go-2:1.17.7-1/desc

sudo pacman -S go

[dsebilleau]

Thanks a lot ! I have re-installed go and now it works !

You are a great team !