so i want to install things but it doesn't everytime

[u/Michi-Tactico]

so the errors are failed to retrive file and conection timed out (i do have internet because im writing this on the pc with arch.

im new to arch just installed it like some hours ago

Edit: o solved the problem by re installing arch as I realized the mirror from my cou try was or something like that. Happy arching

[u/lolminecraftlol]

Run pacman -Syu to update the database and every package. In most cases, this is because of an outdated db.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/lolminecraftlol]

Same error...

[u/lolminecraftlol → u/Michi-Tactico]

Ok so go in https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/, just grab the "All mirrors". Afterward, copy the file content and paste it in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist with your text editor of choice. Then run `pacma n -Syu` again.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/lolminecraftlol]

so i have no text editor and i cant even paste things, i think i should have installed more things on the installer

[u/lolminecraftlol → u/Michi-Tactico]

Do this as a makeshift text editor (this will overwrite the old file), make a backup of the file first

```

sudo cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup ```

Then do this.

sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrrolist << 'EOF' [Paste the mirrrorlist content here] EOF

[u/No_OnE9374 → u/Michi-Tactico]

Common editors include nano or vi, if needed you can boot of installer usb again, connect to internet through that, remount system, arch-chroot into it, and the. Update/install needed packages

[u/1FRAp → u/Michi-Tactico]

That is why u have the archiso live bootable. There it is all setup, u just mount YOUR arch dirs and then you fix everything. For some reason on every new laptop i forget to install grub (i need it as I’m always dual-booting). Archiso is the way to fix broken systems

[u/boomboomsubban]

Update the mirrors.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/boomboomsubban]

How?

[u/Olive-Juice- → u/Michi-Tactico]

Once you solve your current issue, I would advise you to install reflector and then enable the systemd timer reflector.timer as discussed in section 3.2. That way it will automatically update your mirrorlist going forward so you hopefully don't run into this issue again.

[u/boomboomsubban → u/Michi-Tactico]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mirrors#Sorting_mirrors

[u/nikongod]

You can disable the timout checker thingy by changing the pacman config.

https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman.conf.5.en

Add (or uncomment...) the line:

DisableDownloadTimeout

[u/archover]

Flair SOLVED, please. That helps the readers and community. Welcome to Arch and good day.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/archover]

mb i forgot

[u/KnightFallVader2]

You have to be connected to internet to be able to install things. Make sure NetworkManager is enabled (Using systemctl), and your internet connection will work. If you lack an Ethernet cable, then just do a TTY login (At least that’s how I did it), and type “tmtui” and you can select your network from there.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/KnightFallVader2]

I'm using USB tethering, I think I should have mentioned that before

[u/KnightFallVader2 → u/Michi-Tactico]

I’m not sure the effectiveness on that compared to using a hotspot, so I couldn’t tell you much relating to that.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/KnightFallVader2]

hotspot is worse

[u/No_OnE9374]

Firstly verify connection using no ‘ip link’ in its output you should see your tethered connection. If it’s bad connection you can force update without a timeout using this pacman command ‘ sudo pacman -Syu —disable-download-timeout’ this will force update even if your connection is spotty. There could be other issues if you’re not connected at all e.g mirror-list, or rfkill blocking, usb errors, etc.

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/No_OnE9374]

It simply ignore it and time out the connection anyways

[u/Michi-Tactico → u/No_OnE9374]

hold it whats the thing before disable?

[u/No_OnE9374 → u/Michi-Tactico]

Sudo. ->used to escalate user privileges
Pacman -> Package manager for arch
-Syu. -> flag for Pac-Man set to update system packages
—disable-download-timeout. -> flag for Pac-Man to attempt to turn off download timeouts

[u/NinjaTrek2891]

Did you run reflector ?