[Error] Package Not found.

[HarshalRathore]

Command executed

ALMA_USER="harshal" TIMEZONE="Asia/Kolkata" sudo -E alma create --presets ./arch-i3-usb/preset

Complete Output of the above command

Output

2021-12-03T13:39:11.962Z INFO  alma > Partitioning the block device
GPT data structures destroyed! You may now partition the disk using fdisk or
other utilities.
The operation has completed successfully.
 2021-12-03T13:39:15.309Z INFO  alma > Formatting filesystems
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
mke2fs 1.46.4 (18-Aug-2021)
Creating filesystem with 3759867 4k blocks and 940240 inodes
Filesystem UUID: a4e095fd-cbf8-4d88-a08b-b0631406f2d6
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

 2021-12-03T13:39:32.306Z INFO  alma::tool::mount > Mounting filesystems to /tmp/.tmpilkFnV
 2021-12-03T13:39:32.347Z INFO  alma              > Bootstrapping system
==> Creating install root at /tmp/.tmpilkFnV
==> Installing packages to /tmp/.tmpilkFnV
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                              137.3 KiB   439 KiB/s 00:00 [---------------------------------------------] 100%
 extra                                            1585.2 KiB  1903 KiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------] 100%
 community                                           5.8 MiB  4.22 MiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib                                          148.8 KiB   508 KiB/s 00:00 [---------------------------------------------] 100%
 endeavouros                                        22.9 KiB  16.1 KiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------] 100%
:: There are 48 members in group xorg:
:: Repository extra
   1) xf86-video-vesa  2) xorg-bdftopcf  3) xorg-docs  4) xorg-font-util  5) xorg-fonts-100dpi  6) xorg-fonts-75dpi
   7) xorg-fonts-encodings  8) xorg-iceauth  9) xorg-mkfontscale  10) xorg-server  11) xorg-server-common  12) xorg-server-devel
   13) xorg-server-xephyr  14) xorg-server-xnest  15) xorg-server-xvfb  16) xorg-sessreg  17) xorg-setxkbmap  18) xorg-smproxy
   19) xorg-x11perf  20) xorg-xauth  21) xorg-xbacklight  22) xorg-xcmsdb  23) xorg-xcursorgen  24) xorg-xdpyinfo
   25) xorg-xdriinfo  26) xorg-xev  27) xorg-xgamma  28) xorg-xhost  29) xorg-xinput  30) xorg-xkbcomp  31) xorg-xkbevd
   32) xorg-xkbutils  33) xorg-xkill  34) xorg-xlsatoms  35) xorg-xlsclients  36) xorg-xmodmap  37) xorg-xpr  38) xorg-xprop
   39) xorg-xrandr  40) xorg-xrdb  41) xorg-xrefresh  42) xorg-xset  43) xorg-xsetroot  44) xorg-xvinfo  45) xorg-xwayland
   46) xorg-xwd  47) xorg-xwininfo  48) xorg-xwud

Enter a selection (default=all):
error: target not found: pyrit
error: target not found: extundelete
==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root
Error: Pacstrap error

Caused by:
    Bad exit code: exit status: 1

They are here

[jamesmcm]

Seems they've been moved to the AUR now:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pyrit/

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/extundelete/

Just move them to the aur_packages array in the same TOML file and it should work.

Please make a PR if you can (and if you hit any other issues).

[HarshalRathore]

Please make a PR if you can (and if you hit any other issues).

Sure I'll do that. 😊

I again tried to do it now after installing some 764 packages it is trying to install yay but it failed to do so.

Error

Generation complete.
 2021-12-03T14:28:43.569Z INFO  alma              > Installing AUR packages
Cloning into '/home/aur/yay'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 352, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (352/352), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (245/245), done.
remote: Total 352 (delta 105), reused 336 (delta 105), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (352/352), 79.06 KiB | 268.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (105/105), done.
==> Making package: yay-bin 11.0.2-1 (Fri Dec  3 14:28:49 2021)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist could not be read: No such file or directory
==> ERROR: 'pacman' returned a fatal error (1):
Error: Failed to build AUR helper

Caused by:
    Bad exit code: exit status: 8

I also checked for this /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist file and I do have it in my system

I am stuck here I don't know what the problem is, if you can please look into it. Thank you

[jamesmcm]

Are you using EndeavourOS?

This is an issue in ALMA - https://github.com/r-darwish/alma/blob/master/src/main.rs#L321-L333

The issue is pacstrap is using your EndeavourOS mirrorlist I guess? Which then isn't present on the vanilla Arch install in the image.

I'm not sure what the easiest solution is. Issues like this are why ALMA only supports vanilla Arch Linux, because the extra repos can interfere with pacstrap and arch-chroot, etc.

[HarshalRathore]

Are you using EndeavourOS?

Yes.

The issue is pacstrap is using your EndeavourOS mirrorlist I guess? Which then isn't present on the vanilla Arch install in the image.

hmm..🤔 so what do you suggest should I temporarily remove that file and endeavourOS entry from pacman.conf and then try.

[HarshalRathore]

Hii @jamesmcm I again need a little bit of your help. I tried using Alma again this time it throws an error while creating the boot partition, since I use EndevourOS, not vanilla arch. Can you help me with a workaround for this problem? I know Arch Linux can be installed on a USB from the command line too just like how one would do for a non-removable but, If I was so familiar with installing Arch Linux I would be using vanilla arch myself not arch derivative-like EndevourOS. Please I would appreciate your help. thank you.