On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:21 PM, David Macek <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28. 1. 2015 20:44, David A. Cobb wrote: >> Every attempt to install MSYS2 ends with all(?) downloads failing with a >> timeout. Some bytes are transferred, but not much. Especially catastrophic >> are the failures to fetch the *.db files; as a result, my installation >> doesn't even know about important packages (like the gcc toolchains). >> >> I have tried this several times now. In each case, I clean all remnants of >> the previous installation. >> >> The latest failure is recorded (which shows that installing "script" worked >> just fine). > > Try this. > > 1) sync databases: pacman -Sy > 2) update package mirrors: pacman -Sy pacman-mirrors > 3) continue according to the installation guide >
Oops, I replied before I read this reply. Yes, do this, thanks David! > -- > David Macek > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
