running -Syyu returns a barrage of errors like
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gpgme-1.15.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/graphite-1:1.3.14-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/grep-3.6-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/groff-1.22.4-5/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/grub-2:2.04-10/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/grub-btrfs-4.8.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gssproxy-0.8.4-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/guile-2.2.6-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/gzip-1.10-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/harfbuzz-2.8.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/htop-3.0.5-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/hwids-20201207-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/iana-etc-20210202-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/icu-68.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/inetutils-1.9.4-8/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/inxi-3.3.03.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/iproute2-5.11.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/iptables-1:1.8.7-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/iputils-20200821-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/ipw2100-fw-1.3-10/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/ipw2200-fw-3.1-8/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/iw-5.9-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/jfsutils-1.1.15-7/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/js78-78.9.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/json-c-0.15-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/json-glib-1.6.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/kbd-2.4.0-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/keyutils-1.6.3-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/kmod-28-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/krb5-1.19.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/ldns-1.7.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/less-1:563-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libaio-0.3.112-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libarchive-3.5.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libassuan-2.5.5-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libcap-2.49-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libcap-ng-0.8.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libcroco-0.6.13-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libdaemon-0.14-5/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libedit-20210216_3.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libelf-0.183-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libevent-2.1.12-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libffi-3.3-4/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libftdi-1.5-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libgcrypt-1.9.2-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libgpg-error-1.42-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libgudev-236-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libgusb-0.3.6-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libidn2-2.3.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libinih-53-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libjcat-0.1.6-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libksba-1.4.0-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libldap-2.4.58-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libmicrohttpd-0.9.72-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libmnl-1.0.4-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libmpc-1.2.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.8-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnfnetlink-1.0.1-4/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnftnl-1.1.9-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnghttp2-1.43.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnl-3.5.0-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libnsl-1.3.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libp11-kit-0.23.22-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpcap-1.10.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpipeline-1.5.3-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpng-1.6.37-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libproxy-0.4.17-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libpsl-0.21.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libsasl-2.1.27-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libseccomp-2.5.1-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libsecret-0.20.4-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libsmbios-2.4.3-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libsoup-2.72.0+10+gfe1e295d-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libssh2-1.9.0-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libstemmer-0+713-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libtasn1-4.16.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libtirpc-1.3.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libtool-2.4.6+42+gb88cebd5-14/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libunistring-0.9.10-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libusb-1.0.24-2/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libusb-compat-0.1.7-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libutf8proc-2.6.1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libx11-1.7.0-4/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxau-1.0.9-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxcb-1.14-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxcrypt-4.4.18-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxdmcp-1.1.3-3/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxml2-2.9.10-8/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/libxmlb-0.3.0-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/licenses-20200427-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-api-headers-5.10.13-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20210315.3568f96-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-zen-5.11.11.zen1-1/desc: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-zen-headers-5.11.11.zen1-1/desc: No such file or directory
When trying to open garuda programs such as garuda gamer it says "invalid or corrupted package" quickly before disappearing. I have already tried a reinstall and this issue is still persisting.