Pamac cannot create regular file

[Tribble]

Got this errors today:

$ pamac build tigervnc
Install tigervnc from community ? [y/N] y
Preparing...
cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/community.db': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/core.db': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/extra.db': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/multilib.db': Permission denied
Warning: tigervnc-1.12.0-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To reinstall (1):
  tigervnc  1.12.0-3    community  2.3 MB

Total download size: 2.3 MB

Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
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Transaction successfully finished.

[Keruskerfuerst]

Then you can try to use
sudo pamac build tigervnc
or
login as root and
pamac build tigervnc.

[linux-aarhus]

For some reason there has emerged an issue with Pamac - you can safely remove the folder - it will be recreated

sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/pamac/dbs

It seems to be depending on whether the folder is created by the GUI app or the CLI when using sudo pamac

[Mirdarthos]

@Keruskerfuerst

Then you can try to use
sudo pamac build tigervnc
or
login as root and
pamac build tigervnc.

I have been repeatedly told this shouldn’t be done, that pamac will ask for permission if required.

Rather do what @linux-aarhus suggested:

Please provide the output of:

/usr/bin/ls -lah /var/tmp/pamac

And

/usr/bin/ls -lah /var/tmp/pamac/dbs

Pamac cannot create regular file

For some reason there has emerged an issue with Pamac - you can safely remove the folder - it will be recreated sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/pamac/dbs It seems to be depending on whether the folder is created by the GUI app or the CLI when using sudo pamac

[Yochanan]

Make sure you’re fully up to date, that should be fixed with libpamac 11.4.1-1 / pamac-cli 10.4.2-3 in the unstable branch.

[Tribble]

looks like it’s fixed now with latest update.