Hey guys... I think I messed up.

[CoderMonkey1956]

Your system information

• Steam client version: 1733265492
• SteamOS version: December 3rd Stable Release
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Opted into SteamOS beta?: No
• Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible: Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but im a little stuck here. A bit ago, I was running something that apparently uninstalled pacman and replaced it with pacman-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacman-git) and now trying to install anything gives the error ```warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)

warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
error: target not found: vlc``` also to be clear this happens with all packages, not just vlc. System update did not fix.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Run pacman -S [package name]
2. Error

[firstpuppet]

This is not the best place to ask for help, however:

Your problem is that you have no database files (pacman uses this to see what packages are there and what-not)
To fix this, run a simple "pacman -Sy" as the error suggests. This downloads your database files fixing the issue. HOWEVER instead of -Sy you should run -Syu to make sure you don't cause a partial upgrade (bad thing).

Either way why are you installing pacman-git on steamos? Or just generally using pacman. Flatpak is a better option (you can use discover as a gui for it) as SteamOS is immutable distro.

[CoderMonkey1956]

This is not the best place to ask for help, however:

Your problem is that you have no database files (pacman uses this to see what packages are there and what-not) To fix this, run a simple "pacman -Sy" as the error suggests. This downloads your database files fixing the issue. HOWEVER instead of -Sy you should run -Syu to make sure you don't cause a partial upgrade (bad thing).

Either way why are you installing pacman-git on steamos? Or just generally using pacman. Flatpak is a better option (you can use discover as a gui for it) as SteamOS is immutable distro.

Yeah you're probably right with flatpaks, some times I just have issues with them. I think I was trying to install a software like yay (which I only figured out you can't do after it was too late).