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
sudo pacman /syu
and got the long message which I have placed at: https://paste.artixlinux.org/56246de8 (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.
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.
sudo pacman -S gpgmepp
if that complains I'd try force removing it then installing again.
sudo pacman -Rdd gpgmepp
sudo pacman -S gpgmepp
Hopefully that should work ?
Also I'd check the consistency of local pacman database
pacman -Dk
@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 ( problem persisted) when I followed the instruction by
gripped , is summarized in https://paste.artixlinux.org/c9c1af01 (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.
sudo pacman -Ss foxserver
did not find anything under that denomination
Thanks again for help under a week-end!
https://paste.artixlinux.org/c9c1af01