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failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Hello everyone,

Since yesterday afternoon, I'm geting the following error when running sudo pacman -Syyu
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error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed to synchronize all databases (failed to retrieve some files)
Visiting geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com from the browser returns a page with the following content:
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Index of /
../
core/                                              14-Sep-2007 15:35                   -
core-debug/                                        08-Dec-2021 20:49                   -
core-staging/                                      19-May-2023 12:48                   -
core-staging-debug/                                19-May-2023 12:38                   -
core-testing/                                      19-May-2023 12:48                   -
core-testing-debug/                                19-May-2023 12:38                   -
extra/                                             22-Sep-2010 04:59                   -
extra-debug/                                       08-Dec-2021 20:49                   -
extra-staging/                                     19-May-2023 12:41                   -
extra-staging-debug/                               19-May-2023 12:38                   -
extra-testing/                                     19-May-2023 12:41                   -
extra-testing-debug/                               19-May-2023 12:38                   -
gnome-unstable/                                    12-Feb-2010 21:35                   -
gnome-unstable-debug/                              08-Dec-2021 20:49                   -
images/                                            01-Mar-2025 12:34                   -
iso/                                               01-Mar-2025 17:57                   -
kde-unstable/                                      18-Dec-2009 17:36                   -
kde-unstable-debug/                                08-Dec-2021 20:49                   -
multilib/                                          24-Aug-2010 18:14                   -
multilib-debug/                                    08-Dec-2021 20:50                   -
multilib-staging/                                  14-Jan-2012 19:09                   -
multilib-staging-debug/                            08-Dec-2021 20:50                   -
multilib-testing/                                  11-Sep-2010 16:28                   -
multilib-testing-debug/                            08-Dec-2021 20:50                   -
pool/                                              23-May-2023 08:50                   -
lastsync                                           02-Mar-2025 05:44                  11
lastupdate                                         02-Mar-2025 02:00                  11

Any idea what could be wrong ?

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #1 –
See https://archlinux.org/news/cleaning-up-old-repositories/
Remove the community repo from /etc/pacman.conf and replace its packages with equivalents from either the Artix repos or the AUR (or Arch's extra, if you have that)

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #2 –
Thank you, that solved it !

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #3 –
Quote from: MaxLPM – on
See https://archlinux.org/news/cleaning-up-old-repositories/
Remove the community repo from /etc/pacman.conf and replace its packages with equivalents from either the Artix repos or the AUR (or Arch's extra, if you have that)

Hello everyone,

I'm asking for help because I have the error message that is the subject of this post, but I don't understand what I have to do: simply disable the community repo from /etc/pacman.conf? I have no idea how to replace the packages in this repo with equivalents from either the Artix repos.

Thanks in advance for the support...

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #4 –
Quote from: Giorgio – on
I have no idea how to replace the packages in this repo with equivalents from either the Artix repos.
There shouldn't be any packages in community repo for about 2 years now. And now there's no repo itself. So yes you should simply delete community repo from /etc/pacman.conf.

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Giorgio – on
I have no idea how to replace the packages in this repo with equivalents from either the Artix repos.
All (or most) [community] packages have moved to [extra] in Arch. Our equivalent is [world] and we have an excellent wiki article with more information.
 

Re: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Reply #6 –
Quote from: nous – on
Quote from: Giorgio – on
I have no idea how to replace the packages in this repo with equivalents from either the Artix repos.
All (or most) [community] packages have moved to [extra] in Arch. Our equivalent is [world] and we have an excellent wiki article with more information.

Thank you for your answer. You are always kind and helpful.

Giorgio