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Error when running pacman -Syu

I restarted after my machine froze repeatedly right after login, and then finally run fdisk on a partition, as requested by grub, and it worked.
I then proceeded immediately to run
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sudo pacman /syu
and got the long message which I have placed at: https://paste.artixlinux.org/56246de8

No idea of how I can fix this, other than re-installing, but I understand that is not the Linux way, and that is why I am seeking help.

Re: Error when running pacman -Syu

Reply #1 –
This directory is reported missing:
 /var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/files

These 3 directories need to exist:
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/files
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/mtree

Create the missing one(s) manually and try pacman again.

artist

Re: Error when running pacman -Syu

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Artist – on
This directory is reported missing:
 /var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/files

These 3 directories need to exist:
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/desc
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/files
/var/lib/pacman/local/gpgmepp-2.0.0-2/mtree

Create the missing one(s) manually and try pacman again.

artist
They are not directories they are files.

@wanwalk
First thing i would try is just installing gpgmepp again.
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sudo pacman -S gpgmepp
if that complains I'd try force removing it then installing again.
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sudo pacman -Rdd gpgmepp
sudo pacman -S gpgmepp
Hopefully that should work ?
Also I'd check the consistency of local pacman database
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pacman -Dk

Re: Error when running pacman -Syu

Reply #3 –
@Artist, @gripped :  Thanks for prompt, crystal clear answers.

This morning I had to restart 4 times before it would boot without freezing (with Firefox, LibreOffice, Thunar and 2 Terminals open).

What finally happened when I followed the instruction by gripped , is summarized in https://paste.artixlinux.org/c9c1af01
where I have translated the messages into English.

I wonder if any of this may have to do with the presence  of a "foxserver" line in TaskManager's listing, something I have never been aware or heard of before.

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sudo pacman -Ss foxserver
did not find anything under that denomination 
Thanks again for help under a week-end!



https://paste.artixlinux.org/c9c1af01