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Where and what do I change in pacman.conf to use wget instead of curl? I'm getting a lot of curl errors with yaourt. Anything I try to do with it:



At very first when I try to use it, it will work, but then the next time 'round in the same session, I get that error over and over again.

I'm trying to uninstall World of Goo demo, so I can install the actual game to Arch, but yaourt isn't working (and that's where I got the World of Goo demo from).

Edit: Well, this is effing strange. It will let me remove a package, just won't let me run searches or try to install anything with yaourt:


Thanks.

dedanna1029 wrote:Where and what do I change in pacman.conf to use wget instead of curl? I'm getting a lot of curl errors with yaourt. Anything I try to do with it:

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:) yaourt <some package>
curl error: Couldn't connect to server

No joy here? I hate curl anyway. Thanks.

I just use it and did not even notice curl - so I am unable to develop emotions about it one way or the other.

Modify /etc/pacman.conf by adding the following line to the [options] section:

Dat should do it.
You could also try a:

And I am almost certain that using aria2 would solve your problem:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Im ... erformance

This is how:
Install aria2

In /etc/pacman-conf:
Add this line in the [options] section directly under the commented XferCommand line:

It will not work pasting the code from the arch site because there are two spaces to much in there (it is supposed to be one long line). The code above should work.

This thing will allow multiple and simultaneous connections to an Arch mirror = speed!

Yeah, to be honest, that's what I thought I was using, was aria2. It's installed. Don't know what changed or how, but somehow it did. That first line you have there, "/usr/bin/wget -c --passive-ftp -c %u" - That's the line I thought it would be, but wasn't sure about the options beyond it.

Here's what I have in that section of /etc/pacman.conf:


So, all I need to do is add the aria2 line? (Done)

Running it now since adding the aria2 line.

ooooooooooohhh, and while we're at this, shouldn't the "SyncFirst =" line be:

?
(Just checked, and yup it should)

Thanks.

Just tried again.

This is what I get when Tor is running. When it's not, the error posted initially in this thread is what I get (curl error).

I keep thinking it has to do with Tor.

?

Well, I'd have to uninstall vidalia too, which I could do. I *could* uninstall tor, but then there'd be no tor. No safe browsing.

So...

... and thar she blew.

Okay, so:

Trying with damn aria2 (which I ended up hating out of this btw; it takes longer than just straight pacman), and taking out the archlinux.fr repo (which I found is really a killer; it contains a lot of stuff I use), with this configuration in pacman.conf:

STILL. Argh!

Here is my /etc/yaourtrc file. Anything there?

It does work with sudo:

However, when I start it as regular user, it should be asking me for my sudo password. Instead, it just errors out, and my understanding is that yaourt should be started as regular user, then it will ask for sudo password when it needs it (and that's how it's always worked before).

If you look here:

You can update your system including AUR packages with:
yaourt -Syua
However, due to building packages as root is dangerous, the preferred way is:

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$ yaourt -Sb <package> (note the prompt here; regular user)
$ su
# pacman -U <package file>

So, I guess I'm going to reinstall tor & vidalia, as uninstalling them didn't stop the error.

I went ahead with installing vidalia with sudo yaourt vidalia, and in that was this:

Yay, if it weren't the only way it would run at all, I wouldn't have to now would I.

Does work as expected (post printout here)? Can you post the content of as root (in a spoiler)

I ended up cancelling the installation of Vidalia, btw, and grabbed the upstream file and installed it. Didn't want to run the risk in the end. sudo pacman -Syu works just fine:

No need for spoilers for code or text - I r haz toolz.

http://www.typewith.me/kd6gINiMSw

And when you do you get the curl error. Just do a sudo yaourt packer then and let us see if packer can replace yaourt.