arch linux installation base base-devel error could not open file invalid argument

Asked Jul 29 '17 at 12:19

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I'm trying to install arch on my laptop. My pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel fails to install one file and shows this error repeatedly:

error: could not open file /mnt/var/cache/pacman/
pkg/vi-1:070224-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part: Invalid argument

and my arch-chroot wont work cause no such file or dierctory

I looked at earlier questions on this site like these:

but a) my partition IS ext4 b) i cant find bin/bash anywhere

So how do I install this package? (i checked the directory /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg/ and the vi file isnt there)

asked Jul 29 '17 at 12:19

ColonD

Try just pacstrapping base and then install the devel packages once inside the chroot – Andrei Tumbar Jul 29 '17 at 12:23
still same error – ColonD Jul 29 '17 at 12:26
seems to be vi the editor – ColonD Jul 29 '17 at 12:28
now im starting to think that isnt the reason i cant chroot. – ColonD Jul 29 '17 at 12:28
maybe try deleting the files in /mnt/var/cache/paman/pkg – Andrei Tumbar Jul 29 '17 at 12:28
I'd have to reinstall them then? – ColonD Jul 29 '17 at 12:30
No that directory is just for downloads – Andrei Tumbar Jul 29 '17 at 12:31
Everything that is installed will be kept installed – Andrei Tumbar Jul 29 '17 at 12:31
Apparently rebooting works. Sometimes. – ColonD Jul 31 '17 at 06:33

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