Can't apply last march update. Warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware

[rednose]

Hi There,
I’m trying to apply the last March update, but pamac fails. I fear this is a side effect of the file system full I got last month during the previous system update. But I can’t force reinstall (in the pamac GUI) linux firmware.

I tried the following:

[manjaro log]# pamac update
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
Warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2
Error: Failed to prepare transaction: invalid or corrupted package
[manjaro log]# find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -iname "*.part"
[manjaro log]# sudo paccheck --list-broken --files
[manjaro log]# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
dev              4012588        0   4012588   0% /dev
run              4027576     1364   4026212   1% /run
efivarfs             100       40        56  42% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/mmcblk0p2  60967284 12262608  46057476  22% /
tmpfs            4027576   121580   3905996   4% /dev/shm
tmpfs            4027576     6740   4020836   1% /tmp
tmpfs             805512      128    805384   1% /run/user/1002

Suggestions?

Thx

[linux-aarhus]

@rednose

Warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2

Force reload of mirror metadata

@rednose

Suggestions?

sudo pacman -Syyu

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @rednose,

See:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Restore_local_database

[rednose]

@linux-aarhus

sudo pacman -Syyu

If I apply the above I get:

[manjaro log]# sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                                                                              150,3 KiB   616 KiB/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
 extra                                                                                               8,7 MiB  3,03 MiB/s 00:03 [#############################################################################] 100%
 multilib                                                                                          143,8 KiB  2,23 MiB/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc: No such file or directory
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

[linux-aarhus]

There may be filesystem errors covering /var/lib/pacman/local.

If you cannot reinstall the package using

pacman -S linux-firmware

then you may have to use a live system to check for filesystem errors.

Did you check with the wiki link provided above?

[rednose]

@linux-aarhus

pacman -S linux-firmware

1. I looked at the wiki link. The “files.list” created on fisrt step is empty. Not sure if that is right
2. The output of the above command is:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc: No such file or directory
warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

3. Filesystem errors: system is on a sdxc. I took the card and run a fsck from another linux, all is ok

What happened a few weeks ago here: Link

[bill_t]

@rednose

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc: No such file or directory

You seem to have problems with your local database.

sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc
sudo pacman -Syu

[rednose]

Hi bill_t,
I get:

[manjaro log]# pacman -S linux-firmware
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc: No such file or directory
warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
[manjaro log]# sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/desc
[manjaro log]# sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/files: No such file or directory
warning: could not fully load metadata for package linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

Is there no way to remove/force install a package regardless of its status?

Thx

[bill_t]

Hi.

Do the same for the other file shown in the output called files:

sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-firmware-20240115.9b6d0b08-2/files

Then try again to update your system:

sudo pacman -Syu

[rednose]

… now I moved forward, download happened, but then:

(145/145) checking for file conflicts                                                                                          [#############################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/3com/typhoon.bin exists in filesystem
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/INT8866RCA2.bin exists in filesystem
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/acenic/tg1.bin exists in filesystem
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/acenic/tg2.bin exists in filesystem
....
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/ositech/Xilinx7OD.bin exists in filesystem
linux-firmware: /usr/lib/firmware/phanfw.bin exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[bill_t]

Check this tutorial for the “filename exists in filesystem” errors you get:

Update or package installation returns “Failed to commit transaction (conflicting files); FILENAME exists in filesystem”

I can’t install or update a package because I get (something like) this: error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) libname: /insert/file/name/here exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Why is this happening? The package manager, pacman, has detected an unexpected file already exists on disk. By design it will not overwrite files that already exist. This is a design feature, not a flaw - package managers are des…

In your case, and from the output you posted, it’s:

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite "usr/lib/firmware/*"

[rednose]

@bill_t

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite "usr/lib/firmware/*"

… and the oscar for support goes to bill_t!
job done i reached the prompt!

Many many thanks!

[cscs]

Moved solve to the first touch in the db … as follow-up solutions to ‘exist on the filesystem’ are secondary and separate from the title query of this thread.