First, thank you for the beautiful and fluid work that you have done
with KahelOS.
When trying to use PackageKit for software update/add-remove software, I get the erro message: "Transaction Error," "unable to lock database."
How can I address this problem. So far everything seems to be working
pleasantly well, except for this problem. Thank you.
Hi jamaz,
You can delete the file /var/cache/pacman/db.lck when using PackageKit.
GNOME PackageKit is still under heavy development with the pacman backend, we recommend that you use pacman via CLI instead. Here are the guidelines on the basics of pacman.
To sync the system type,
pacman -Syu
To refresh the package database type,
pacman -Syy
To install a new package type,
pacman -S packagename
To remove a package type,
pacman -Rd packagename
To clean previous cache files type,
pacman -Scc
To search a package type,
pacman -Ss keyword
To display the contents of a package type,
pacman -Ql packagename
To display the information of a package type,
pacman -Qi packagename
Pacman uses binary installation, additionally you can use yaourt for source code installation which extract files from SCM repositories.
To search a package type,
yaourt packagename
smiliarly , if you want to manage your apps via gui , you could use shaman
sudo pacman -S shaman
shaman is quite similiar to synaptics from debian
Thank you joelbryan and fplolz and others who may post on this question. Your input is very much appreciated by me and,I know, by others. As someone who has heard of the reputation of Arch Linux and the dedication of its community, I can look foward to seeing the same dedications in a KahelOS community.I have just come to this branch of Linux through KahelOS and feel secure already. I hope to become a productive member of such Linux community. Thank you.
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