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"error: failed retrieving file"

trying to download a wm (i3-gaps) by using the command: pacman -S i3-gaps i3status rxvt-unicode dmenu.
it asks me if i want to proceed then i press "Y" and enter, after that all the packages fail to download with error code 404
anyone got an idea of what's happening?

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ok so i've pinned it down to i3status not being able to be installed, however i was able to download everything else, anyone knows what's the problem with i3 status?

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i was going to say, it downloads (i3-gaps from the Galaxy repo, not AUR or anything else) and installs without issue here a few minutes ago.
 

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i3status installs just fine here. What mirror are you using? Maybe try a different one.

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Quote from: handmade7979 – on
it's downloading from many different mirrors but it still says error code 404
the question was which mirror.   Have a look and copy and paste the list from your etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file.

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here is the mirrorlist (can't copy & paste from my phone)

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sorry, i cannot read a side angled pic on a small screen, but I did a new build yesterday and no problems again running sudo pacman -S i3-gaps i3status rxvt-unicode dmenu (as per the command from your first entry in this thread).   Have you tried running it again, and indeed ranked mirrors, and if so, maybe post an image of the entire error (taking the pic straight on too).    

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Quote from: gavincc – on
sorry, i cannot read a side angled pic on a small screen, but I did a new build yesterday and no problems again running sudo pacman -S i3-gaps i3status rxvt-unicode dmenu (as per the command from your first entry in this thread).   Have you tried running it again, and indeed ranked mirrors, and if so, maybe post an image of the entire error (taking the pic straight on too).    

i already tried uploading the full image straight on but it's too big in size, tried running the command again but it still failed

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ok i managed to get a smaler image size

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that makes no sense at all - alsa-lib is on 1.2.8-1 already, so why your machine is attempting to install 1.2.7.2-1....after you did a complete install, you did do a complete update and then reboot, because this error with a defunct package kinda indicates otherwise, if you see what i mean.   Do a sudo pacman -Syu and report back how many updates you get to install please.

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my computer did 11 updates after i typed in the command, now the i3status works, thanks.

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What happened was that the database on your iso was older than the versions actually being served by the mirrors which is why it gave you a 404. As a general rule of thumb, always update after a fresh install.