Bug #567
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago
I encountered an error right after installing Arch Linux on my Raspberry Pi. The error stated: > :: Synchronizing package databases... > error: failed to update core (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update extra (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update community (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update alarm (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update aur (unable to lock database) > error: failed to synchronize any databases > error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database) > error: could not lock database: File exists h3. The Fix The problem turned out to be in the fstab, and that there was not a definition for the root filesystem. * Open the fstab file: <pre> vi /etc/fstab </pre> #* And make sure the following is present: <pre> /dev/mmcblk0p2 / ext4 defaults 0 0 </pre>